10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Helpfully, the people administering this place have highlighted the naturish aspect of this place in several ways, the most obvious being a number of life-size plastic elephants complete with movement and loud sounds every few seconds. While waiting for the barn owls, an Asian Barred Owlet made a brief appearance. Birds, maybe?

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China Barn Owls Birds Laos 262

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. This game reserve has 900 elephants – the second largest population in South Africa, after the Kruger National Park with 13,000. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 208

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. This game reserve has 900 elephants – the second largest population in South Africa, after the Kruger National Park with 13,000. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

A Barn Owl slept peacefully on the inside of the roof of a well-visited tourist cafe. It warned me not to order the latte though – overpriced and not very good, according to the owl. The bird … … and the dung provider.

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Birds Africa Eagles Barn Owls 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I spooked three Barn Owls out of a dense scrub row, just as the sun was setting. Next week we are at Bosque de Apache NWR, as well as a couple of days at Elephant Butte Lake, in the town of Truth or Consequences, NM. I counted five Northern Harriers one morning, all working the reedy edges of the dry lake.

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Albuquerque New Mexico Mexico Sparrows 120

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Violet-crowned Hummingbird – Amazilia violiceps. Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons’ Yard). 12 Oct 2018. Curve-billed Thrasher – Toxostoma curvirostre. 09 Oct 2018. Broad-tailed Hummingbird – Selasphorus platycercus. 08 Oct 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Lake Kerkini-east side–from Limnochori to Megalochori. 01 Jan 2018. Eastern Buzzard – Buteo japonicus. ???–???????????? –???????????? 20 Mar 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113