10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

(The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) Alas, only 12 plants remain from that season, victims of my inexperienced care. Alas, this is what I must trim.

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ALA 2016 Free Range Livestock 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2016

Alas, now that the Arizona Cardinals have fallen to the Carolina Panthers, we face the prospect of a Super Bowl without bird-themed football teams. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. So, do you prefer rambunctious horses or big cats better? How about you?

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2016 ALA Arizona Horses 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. Many of them are heavenly islands, alas, with 100 or less bird species. Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right?

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2014

Among birders, wildlife photographers, and nature enthusiasts, it is renowned for its incredible concentrations of birds at the end of the dry season. The incredible lighting at dawn in the Pantanal is an experience in of itself. Alas, it was over too soon. I must mention one thing.

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Brazil Birds Blackbirds Paraguay 165

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The Lodge at Pico Bonito is an inviting, idyllic place for relaxation as well as for enjoying wildlife. Cuery y Salado Preserve protects a coastal mangrove system full of wildlife from monkeys to trogons. We first visited Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge. In case you are wondering, Cristalino Lodge was his other top choice.

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Honduras Monkeys Birds America 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Alas, those sightings will be for another time as the weather had thrown a spanner in the works: half a meter of snow had closed off our intended destination. After a pleasant morning with ducks, crisp snow and sunshine, we followed the wildlife trail on our way out. What is 100% true is the flight number I took into Denver: 420.

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Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 165

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Hornbills are spectacular under any circumstances, but when a pair lands in a bush beside you at eye-level and begin mutual preening , it makes for a spectacular experience. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. I chose the owl.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167