10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2017

From 20 February through 25 February I was on a family-and-friends vacation on New Providence in the Bahamas. More specifically, I was on Paradise Island, the small, resort-laden and heavily developed island on the north end of New Providence, adjacent to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. Thick-billed Vireos are aptly named.

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Bahamas Puerto Rico Birds Louisiana 103

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise. There are still some knotty problems to be worked out on the taxonomy of these families, but this new guide, featuring new artwork by Harrison and Larsson, works well with Steve N. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g.,

Birds 245

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. I ducked down excitedly and switched on the read torch, shining the weak light under a large bush, and sure enough there was a North Island Brown Kiwi.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 148

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100