10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2022
According to Wikipedia, the national bird of Australia is the Emu – which I have not seen yet. On the other hand, some websites state that the Laughing Kookaburra is Australia’s national symbol. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2024
This is where you find a birding phenomenon that makes the annoyances of regular road checkpoints with either military officers or local law enforcement, whizzing scooters, and bumpy roads worth the effort. But one of the real treasures of Senegal lies near a town called Kaolack.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 4, 2011
So far as I can determine the swan was not officially granted status as the national bird of Denmark by law but by a popular vote held by either Danish Television or Denmark Radio. Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 4th, 2011 at 8:03 pm Western Australia has the Black Swan as it’s state bird emblem!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2012
It concerns the nature of wildlife in Australia, and is perhaps the most remarked about aspect of Australia’s wildlife, at least the impression you’d get if you’ve ever watched ten minutes of Animal Planet. The very dangerous nature of the wildlife. Stingers, or box jellyfish, are serious business.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2011
Mark Carter is an independent professional birding guide and wildlife surveyor living in Alice Springs, Central Australia. Originally from Scotland, Mark has lived and worked in continental Europe and North Africa before settling in Australia’s “Red Centre&# to work for the Northern Territory Parks Service. Who can say?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2016
“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). In October 2014, during a meeting in Hobart, Australia, the protection of this important region was once again blocked by China and Russia.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2018
My Father-in-law had worked with the DOC here to establish a managed wetland here on the property, and it has been well received by the very rare Brown Teal. We are going to hang here, explore the rest of the North Island for the next 20 days, and then load our gear for Australia! Of those 95 species, 85 are new Lifers!
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