10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2024

Bright, but not the correct shade or combination – or even family. After lunch, we continued our search, this time at the banks of a river where a resident family assured us that the birds passed through regularly. But there were no parakeets, only a healthy helping of Sun. Which birds? The bright yellow birds! And waited.

Guyana 230

Guyana Brazil ALA Eagles 230

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The Ala Shan Redstart (which I will not call Przevalski’s Redstart, see my juvenile rants about the evil Mr Przevalski in earlier editions of this blog) is a very attractive bird and – as many attractive birds – listed as Near Threatened. “ Not the bird’s fault, I guess.

China 260

China Birds Austria ALA 260

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. I can sometimes hear Hwamei singing here in my compound in Shanghai – alas, these are then cage birds, as the species is popular as a caged bird for its singing. This post shows some of them.

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San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 227

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Apparently, some bird photographers think that any human artifacts shown on a bird photo immediately spoil the whole photo. Alas, one would be wrong – I immediately mixed it up with the rather similar-looking Rufous-bellied Niltava (not shown here). This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

China 248

China Birds Pythons Eagles 248