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.

ALA 193

ALA 2016 Free Range Livestock 193

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?

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

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.

Honduras 163

Honduras Monkeys Birds America 163

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

The sight, the sound and the smell, coupled with the sheer spectacle of seeing so many birds at once, makes viewing a big seabird colony an avian experience that can’t be compared with any other. Seabird cities are always spectacular. These birds are all cliff nesters.

Puffins 185

Puffins Eggs Fish Culling 185