10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I got my first Emus ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ), family Casuariidae, in West Australia back in 2000. Here in New Zealand te only potential big tick would be a lost vagrant painted snipe, and we’ve already established that I don’t enjoy that kind of vagrant hunting.

Family 166

Family Wombats Uganda Fiji 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2018

This week finds us flying from Melbourne, Australia, to Alice Springs, in the center of this incredibly large country. This is truly the center if Australia, no matter what method you use to decided the actual location of dead center. But the diversity, that I have found to be Australia, remains.

Australia 125

Australia Camels Kangaroos Hunting 125

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2017

In Australia it is winter in July, but the weather is as perfect as you could hope for in the north of the country with daytime temperatures around 30c/86f and the night-time temperatures being around 20c/68f and rarely a cloud in the sky. Red Kangaroos. Australian Bustard. An area of highway that floods. Fuel sign at Borroloola.

Australia 100

Australia Kangaroos Cattle Reptiles 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

“Now the kangaroos are drinking from the pool” (Jen is from Australia). In one study , the bird used electric power lines as a perch in 63% of all hunts, which makes me wonder how the bird survived before there were power lines. I am paralyzed just thinking about how to do it.

Birds 173

Birds Woodpeckers Kangaroos Madagascar 173