10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.

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Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

This would have allowed you to summarize your experience in sentences such as “A total of 98 boluses regurgitated by 52 chicks aged 1 day to 11 days after hatching form the sample and are shown to contain 323 food items.” This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway). But maybe that is actually a good thing.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Red-flanked Bluetail is also the subject of an otherwise relatively unremarkable paper , but it uses the interesting term “autumn obesity” Maybe this Marsh Sandpiper also suffers from autumn obesity? The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month. Not this one though.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 215

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Already stuck with virtually colorless warblers they also suffer from a paucity of nuthatches. The Nuthatch , which only visiting birders refer to as an Eurasian Nuthatch , is found throughout temperate Europe and Asia from Portugal to Japan. Pity the poor European birders.

Hungary 129

Hungary Europe Portugal Georgia 129

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2012

Then came April, and with it my first ever trip to South-East Asia. I had no idea about the taxonomic order of families occurring in South-East Asia. Working with field guides and without background knowledge was a horrible experience. I suffered, I lost birding time, and I made the most stupid mistakes imaginable.

Indonesia 250

Indonesia Family Asia Species 250

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, which comprises the twin volcanoes Gede and Pangrango (with gunung meaning “mountain”), surely must rate as one of the birding highlights of Southeast Asia, and is arguably the most important and well-known birding site on the island of Java. You will get your birds and the day will be grand.

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Suffering Birds Indonesia 2013 159