10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Several, like the mocker and the hummer, were members of families I hadn’t encountered before, either. Though trips to Borneo, Argentina and Sri Lanka gave plenty of new ticks, I most enjoyed birding in Africa. I can still recall the thrill of that first morning outside San Francisco, surrounded by new birds. Fantastic!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
It belongs to the Parulidae family, but along with the rest of the Basileuterus genus is non-migratory. This individual was seen in Costanera Sur, Argentina and found a gentle pish to be simply irresistible. aureocapillus group of races. The Rufous-capped Warbler, B. The Argentinian birds come from the B.c.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2014
This tree is of the coniferous family and this bird has made its life around the southern temperate forest where this tree has been constantly destroyed to clear for farmland development. On the way back to the car we could hear a group of parakeets that circled the forest and landed near the park entrance. Planalto Woodcreeper.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
We all have them: families of birds that are maddeningly similar, forever leaving nagging doubts about our identifications. My region, thankfully, only seems to host migratory Hermit Thrushes from this group. Having said all of this, I must say that the Nightingale-Thrushes are a charming little group.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2021
If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book!
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2015
Suddenly a group of barn swallows hatched in a barn or underpass in North America decides to stay in the wintering grounds and start a breeding colony there. Some also suggest that additional birds hatched in north America appear to continue to stay and join the group of birds nesting in South America. Chicks in nest in Wyoming.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2013
That family name Troglodytidae has now come to mean a barbarian, but way back when it just meant “cave-dweller” This is another reference to their more or less reclusive nature and tendency for the birds to forage in dark places and crevices. Observations on the Streaked Wren Babbler – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group.
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