10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Ever since I was a kid I wanted to learn how to draw, but alas I never made it past the stickman. More precisely I wanted to learn how to draw wildlife. A self-taught Canadian wildlife artist, he has been fascinated by birds from childhood – their physical charm, their voices, their intriguing habits.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
The web site explains best what it’s all about: “Gulls flock together to roost communally on lakes, reservoirs and estuaries, in groups that can reach the thousands. One count I undertake every year is the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count. As dusk began to fall, just a single Herring Gull remained.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2016
Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Europe: Then I spotted an easy and obvious one, the Black-eared Wheatear, while the group climbing the steep hillside found the Rock Nuthatch, as well as the Rock Sparrow , striped, pale and indescribable.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Alas, only 12 plants remain from that season, victims of my inexperienced care. Each of the following trees are from that original group of seedlings; they have all survived 3 brushfires, and only the Ocote Pine has yet made it beyond waist-high: This Michoacán Pine is one year younger, and has survived one less brushfire.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. In company with a fine group of folks from the Five Valleys Audubon Society, I made the trip to Lee Metcalf that day. An additional fly-over by more Trumpeter Swans got the group charged up. Fish and Wildlife Service a.
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. Large groups of Hooded Merganser , Redhead , Franklin’s Gull , and other floaters were easily spotted. What is 100% true is the flight number I took into Denver: 420.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2020
You may have read about Kikinda in the Wall Street Journal or the BBC Wildlife Magazine. Alas, I am not among them. Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? Great Bustard Sanctuary. The post Emerging birding destinations: Serbia appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
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