10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

The Light-vented Bulbul apparently benefits from being a social animal, which I personally (being not very social) find a bit unfair. One paper describes them living in the cemeteries of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Actually, that is more aligned with the Latin species name (fortipes) than the English name.

Birds 219

Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 219

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). Plus hopefully, you will be arrested for mistreating animals.

Singapore 242

Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 242

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. coromandus.

Cattle 171

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. Apparently, soloensis stands for “Discovered in or native to the Solo River valley” (Wikipedia; the Solo river is a river in Indonesia). Still as impressed as before? Well, the female is attractive, too.

Falcons 258

Falcons Japan China South Africa 258

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The two main areas, Greater Sundas and Wallacea, are separated by ‘Wallace’s Line,’ a boundary drawn in 1859 by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who realized that the two areas had totally different birds and animals. So–the book covers islands that belong to the Republic of Indonesia and to Malaysia.

Indonesia 140

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! All of them had successfully learned the skills we taught them to forage in “safe&# areas and avoid humans.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244