10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Greater Rheas, a species the Germans call Nandu, are very popular in Germany and frequently kept in zoos as well as private enclosures. Birding Birds Germany Invasive Species Week South America' And since the year 2000, we have an even greater bird, the… Greater Rhea !

Germany 254

Germany Birds 2000 South America 254

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Toucans were something else entirely and we couldn’t even see them at the local zoo. A bird of lowland and foothill rainforest, the Yellow-throated Toucan can be seen in most parts of the Caribbean slope and from the Carara area south to Panama. They visit feeders on occasion and always seem to be looking for trouble.

Costa Rica 186

Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. Thankfully not extinct: Western Crowned-Pigeon ( Goura cristata ) at the National Zoo © David J. The Ones Who Didn’t Make It. With specialization comes risk. Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.

Solomon Islands 278

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278