10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Some of these islands cannot be reached by any mode of transport except a long ocean crossing and some are well over a thousand miles from the closest human habitation. Saint Helena Island, situated in the south Atlantic ocean between the continents of Africa and South America, is one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world.

Birds 215

Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 215

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2011

I mention all of this because we in North America, especially the southern part of North America, have storks too. Its the only member of the genus Mycteria in the New World, the rest of its cogeners, a handful of other bald and nearly bald Storks with long curved bills, hail from East Africa and South Asia.

North America 170

North America Pedigree South Carolina Brazil 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162