10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. Yellow-nosed Albatross.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

This time I’ll be working with Wildlife ACT in Zululand, helping that NGO monitor wildlife in a range of reserves and parks in the east of South Africa. I bring this up not to boast (well, not much) but because I think that this approach to wildlife travel is somewhat neglected in birding circles. I still have that marker.

Uganda 162

Uganda Sharks Africa New Zealand 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. Which has always mystified me slightly. South Banks Peninsula.

Dolphins 157

Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S.

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Hornbills are spectacular under any circumstances, but when a pair lands in a bush beside you at eye-level and begin mutual preening , it makes for a spectacular experience. but I really feel I should nominate an albatross, if only because I love taunting Corey about them. Dragan had a real stunner for his Best Bird of the Year!

2013 168

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

De Roy is an incredibly accomplished wildlife photographer, writer and conservation advocate with a fascinating personal history; she gives us little glimpses of throughout her essays, and left me wanting to know more. There is also a great deal of biological and ecological information encapsulated within De Roy’s experiences.

Penguins 209

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 209