10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2019
They give short shrift to New Zealand’s birds, lumping them with odd names no one here uses because the names are shared elsewhere and God knows America isn’t going to take a hit for us. The Barn Owl was a cosmopolitan species, so as it is split the name has to be shared (American, western and eastern).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2011
Another native bird that quickly showed itself to me in the capital was the Polynesian Triller , a member of the cuckoo-shrike family. One particularly nice sighting one evening involved one of the Pacific’s other widespread self-introductions, the Barn Owl , which floated across the golden sky at susnset.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. New Zealand Bellbird – Anthornis melanura. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis. Bravo if you have.
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