10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Although we have been seeing shorebirds for a while now (and an infuriating Northern Waterthrush near to where we are staying who refuses to have its picture taken), the uptick in uncommonly seen species began in late October with three Bobolinks. So the truth is – I wasn’t really sure if I had seen this species before or not.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
(Someday I will get up the nerve to write about the ten, yes, TEN Empidonax species I believe I have seen in my little corner of Mexico. Many of these species are common and widespread, making them just that much more challenging. The Ruddy-capped Nightingale Thrush is, in my experience, the hardest of the three species to see.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
His obsession with all things feathered has led him to visit 20 countries around the world in the pursuit of thousands of different species of birds to watch, photograph, and enjoy. On Hokkaido there are three primary species that people go to see in the winter – the Big Three as I think of them. With the sun setting before 4 pm (!),
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2021
It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book! In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
By definition, it’s a feeling that one tries to hide. Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound. They show how individuals of different species display compassion and empathy for those in need. An Embarrassed Chimpanzee: I didn’t do that! Photo by Ginger Me.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2013
Our friends in the Old World can claim the seminal member of its clan known definitively as Wren. But for those of us in the Americas, the cup runs over with species of Troglodytes. Which is perhaps why the name wren is applied to several unrelated species in the old World. Bicolored Wren , photo by Scott Winton.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2012
This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. 2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama.
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