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. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. What are your best wildlife moments? And what are your wildlife dreams?

Wildlife 172

Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Many of them are heavenly islands, alas, with 100 or less bird species. And where all those birds are? This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species.

Sri Lanka 256

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 256

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2011

I was lucky enough to catch this photo of an adult in flight at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge back in February showing the horn and their distinctive black and white plumage. Then they raise their heads up to swallow their catch. They are already nesting.

Pelicans 165

Pelicans Fish California Condor North America 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One count I undertake every year is the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count. The count aims to raise awareness of the important role that farmers play in the conservation of farmland birds, and to measure the impact of the conservation work that many farmers and shoots carry out.”

Ireland 208

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 208