10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2011

The national bird of Estonia is the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica. Of course, in Estonia the bird is not called Barn Swallow. Since 1995 that same Estonian Ornithological Society has chosen a bird as the bird of the year and this year, 2011, it is the Barn Swallow ! Click on our National Birds page!

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Estonia Austria Campaign Birds 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2018

Serbia has 317 eBirded species so far, or 89% of the 356 in the national checklist. The country has one eBird hotspot with 200+ and 48 with more than 100 bird species. The country has one eBird hotspot with 200+ and 48 with more than 100 bird species. Spring migration March to April , 270 eBirded species.

Serbia 155

Serbia Owls Geese Macedonia 155

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2019

That was a work trip, although I still managed to find a few mornings to bird. So you can bet some more birding was in order. An October trip meant many European birds had already flown south for the winter. My second encounter with this bird, in Vienna, turned out to be a bit more dramatic! He’s a Carri-on Crow.”

Switzerland 111

Switzerland Austria Europe Spain 111

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

Bird blogging in May always gives me the creeps. This ridiculous focus of the Birding Internet on North American wood-warblers is boring on a quiet day and highly annoying during peak migration. It visits bird feeders, making it a worthy spark bird to new birders as they may see it closely. And do they ever try so hard.

Sparrows 218

Sparrows Italy Asia Austria 218

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Before my trip to Austria that bridged January and February, I had never really had that country high on my list of places I wanted to go. What I knew of Austria was very little: The Sound of Music, mountains and skiing, Vienna, Hitler’s birthplace, Krampus, good beer, and often confused with Australia. And am I ever glad I did!

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Austria Europe Birds United States 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2017

Now, those of you familiar with my tendency to chase birds in New York and knowledgeable of the spate of Great Gray Owls we have had in 2017 might question why it took me to nearly the end of March to make a trip upstate to see one. I’m not truncating the list: those are the only species that I saw while I waited.

New York 101

New York Owls Beavers Puerto Rico 101

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

This thrush is extremely common in urban and suburban Germany and one of the most conspicuous bird species here, comparable to the American Robin in North America. A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. and species breeding in cavities are less affected.

Germany 160

Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

This special place in a birder’s heart or on a list of best birds of the year certainly pertains not only to their extravagant lifestyle but also to the fact that most birders – particularly visiting birders – often struggle with finding them. Crazy, I know. And you know what? A silly name from a German prespective.

Germany 100

Germany 2016 Hamburgers Austria 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 times the background rate. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Even among our primate relatives, whoa are generally very smart, “Theory of Mind” is found in only a few species. Capuchin monkeys, macaques, Cotton Top Tamarins, Chimpanzees, and many other animals, including various birds, have been investigated and found to be unable to make inferences about HCAs. Here’s the idea.

Abandon 230

Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2011

I then lived in Central America where there were more bird species than my bird books (and my competence) could hope to identify. And out of that, came my Discovering Alpine Birds blog. And with no-one about to teach me, I was left to my own defences to find and get to know the 3 species that regularly occur here.

South Africa 177

South Africa Factory Parrots Africa 177

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Visiting the continent after the end of most of the autumn migration meant that the number of bird species I could see in northern France, Switzerland, southern Germany, and Austria was much reduced. So I made sure to visit as many bodies of water as possible during my brief birding opportunities.

Austria 125

Austria Switzerland Europe Geese 125

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

2011 213

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 213

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

14 countries were birded this month by 13 beats; a record participative effort! 172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. has reached 54. 21 Oct 2019. 21 Oct 2019.

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2019 China Battery Jamaica 116

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

David Tomlinson If you are American then you will no doubt know Perdix perdix as the Gray Partridge , an introduced game bird now widespread on the prairies of Canada and the northern states of the USA. These are hardy birds – they have to be to survive a Canadian winter. There are just a few areas left where it still thrives.

Hungary 159

Hungary Eggs Fox India 159

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Yesterday was a public holiday in Austria and we had decided to take a drive out to Lake Constance / Bodensee to see what we could turn up – given that migration season has just started to kick in and we had had a dramatic turn of weather (fresh snows), we had high hopes for something spectacular turning up.

Austria 196

Austria Birds Breeding Africa 196

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2018

The idea behind is simple, some birds may move and if counted within a week or a month, double counting is almost guaranteed. Yet, it takes great logistical effort to organize the census all the way from Germany to Austria, Hungary and Serbia in the same day, to count on numerous volunteers and hope for the best February weather.

Hungary 148

Hungary Serbia Austria Eggs 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

These sorts of tests have been done in many species and it has always been assumed (hoped), that what they found in the little white cages at the back of the zoology department had some wonderful relevance to what happened in the real world. • Explore These Related Posts I spy Osprey Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets?

Cats 148

Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

Submissions for February have been received from Austria, Australia, UK, Japan, Costa Rica, Serbia, Mexico, USA, The Bahamas and Lichtenstein. It is good to see that the westerners have picked up the gauntlet after their humiliation in the first list and are currently out-birding the eastern hemisphere by 771:345. 13 Jan 2017.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100