10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

While the Black-throated Laughingthrush is native to Southeast Asia, it is also kept at the Toronto Zoo and has its own web page there. However, as the zoo is (at the time of writing this post) closed due to covid, you still have to leave Canada and come to Southeast Asia to see it. Which (due to covid) you probably cannot.

China 215

China Birds Asia Vietnam 215

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2019

But the frenzied final days of packing and studying for what was my very first trip to both the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere – and just as spring migration was heating up here in North America, no less – left no time for writing. Of course, I’ve seen live penguins in zoos before, but these were real, honest-to-goodness (and countable!)

India 113

India Penguins San Diego Peru 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

Although this bad behavior may run in the overall eagle Family.) I don’t know who the Elmwood Park Zoo (Norristown, PA) hired to write their Bald Eagle signage (below), but it’s lies—I bet that pair is planning their next heist. Sadly, it appears hardly any creatures are safe from our feathered Captain America.)

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle Eagles United States Philadelphia 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Toucans were something else entirely and we couldn’t even see them at the local zoo. As with related species in South America, pairs also give a loud yelping duet from the top of canopy emergents in the morning and late afternoon. This species also tends to forage in pairs or small family groups.

Costa Rica 182

Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 182

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. ” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

In 1850, the Passenger Pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ) was the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world. ” In 1900, even before the last Passenger Pigeon’s death in the Cincinnati Zoo, Republican Congressman John F. A newly created U.S.

Hunting 113

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

I birded parks, landfills, fields, backyards, skies, oceans, lakes, ponds, and roads in 15 states–some familiar haunts and patches, some as part of family visits, some while passing through, some adventures with friends (three trips with N.J. In the meantime, it’s a good topic for holiday family gatherings.

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 163