10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2020

But alas, my garden Wilsons have not been seen here on the 4th of April. So go ahead and take your summer breeders back. But my “Wilsons” really were Wilsons: Wilson’s Warblers , to be exact. One or or two of these cute birds visited me every day throughout the winter. They will return to me soon enough.

Nashville 128

Nashville ALA Louisiana Mexico 128

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

At least they seem to understand that raising chicks is hard and annoying work and have found at least a partial solution for this problem: “co-operative breeder, up to four individuals attending chicks at one nest, at least three seen to feed chicks” (HBW).

San Diego 201

San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2015

But I cannot notice the breeder #2! Alas, I am not among them. Several Whinchat and Eurasian Skylark territories around, a Common Raven’s nest on a high voltage pylon, one Northern Lapwing in flight, a bush-top Red-backed Shrike , and singing Marsh Warbler in riverside vegetation. It is somewhere in those willows.

Europe 246

Europe Serbia Russia Breeding 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Alas, one would be wrong – I immediately mixed it up with the rather similar-looking Rufous-bellied Niltava (not shown here). Sadly, the HBW disagrees, going for “featureless smallish babbler” (which then incongruously is followed by a 155-word description of the features of the featureless babbler).

China 221

China Birds Pythons Eagles 221