10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Further research revealed the Bird Hybrids blog ( [link] ) has several revealing photographs of this (and many other) hybrids. Alas, I wasn’t able to spend sufficient time watching them to see if they had any success with the assembled Blackgrouse hens. Svensson notes that Tufted drake x Pochard duck is “now a well-known hybrid”.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
Many of them are heavenly islands, alas, with 100 or less bird species. I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge? Scratched from the list.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2022
campus gardens – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre, located 3 km east of the town of Turrialba. Since I wanted to buy some genuine tastes of Costa Rica, we continued to C.A.T.I.E.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
” Fortunately, most of these researchers could be taken off their antidepressants after proper sound recording was invented. 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.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
Alas, it seems they were already gone from Tianmashan in March. The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range. Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2019
Squacco Heron – the same as previous, from the left Danube bank levees, also the Veliko Blato Lake (Mika Alas fish farm in the suburb of Krnjaca, #3). But, recent research found the Eurasian breeding in riparian forests along the Danube, where only the Short-toed was supposed to be. The best spot is the Reva Pond #6.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2011
In this case, clearly eagles aren’t always hidden, warblers aren’t always yellow, buntings aren’t always close-up (alas), and plovers aren’t always piping. But just as snipe are always cryptic, Gyrfalcons are always cool, even when they’re not ice cold like the ones in Nunavut!
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