10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2017

Birds with white on them are much more likely to take the form of goodies like the Snowy Cotinga , or two species of tityras. The Caribbean slope of Costa Rica also differs from the islands in having a lot more bird species. To make up for our collective absence, we did a trip there last weekend.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Bats 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

The English language, or at least the adherents thereof with more time on their hands than sense, has bestowed us a great number of names to collective nouns for groups of birds. Jackbirds are young South Island Saddlebacks. Conservationists pioneering translocation to a safe island managed to save the saddlback , but not the others.

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New Zealand Parrots Rats Bats 104

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone! Still, there should be no problem with larger species that allow for longer observation time (e.g. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

Madagascar 242

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 242

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As mentioned in many other posts on this blog, the avifauna of Trinidad & Tobago consists of several species and family groups occurring very interestingly, in threes. Short-tailed Nighthawk (above and below) Overall, this species seems to be poorly known, which is understandable given its habits. Well, kind of.

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Trinidad Bats Falcons Groups 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. Yellow-billed Stork.

Ethiopia 241

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 241

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Despite depicting 540 species/56 families, it is a lightweight book of 173 pages, easy to pack and carry. Mammals of South Asia follows the latest taxonomy, describes all the species recorded within the region and provides a range map for each species. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

Asia 176

Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 176

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

For generations in the past, the story of animals came from their collective wisdom and heritage, from what we might call their myths and legends. None of this does justice to the earth, and our unique place in it as a species which has great privileges and also appropriate responsibilities. Need it be gratuitous to be offensive?

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San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Instead of going on about zip lines and other modern, adventure tourism attractions, the birding crowd talks about taking photos of Resplendent Quetzals , seeing dozens of hummingbird species, and the seemingly odd absence of raptors in Costa Rica but nope, we don’t really talk about extinction. Resplendence.

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Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 217

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2019

In a warm Catalonian March (I was about to say Spanish, but among quite a few flags, I haven’t seen a single Spanish one), Barcelona was filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets , two charming but alien and invasive species. Steve answers: Bonelli’s Eagle ! Enough is enough.

Terrapins 181

Terrapins Eagles Europe Rats 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

So, probably, there were things we would have to call birds that were less like modern birds in how they flew than are modern bats. It is costly, it determines mating success, it defines and controls territoriality, and in some species may be communicative in other ways as well. The type species is Vegavis iaai.

Groups 169

Groups Collecting Primates Bats 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2013

In a warm Catalonian March (I was about to say Spanish, but among quite a few flags, I haven’t seen a single Spanish one), Barcelona is filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets , two charming but alien and invasive species. Steve answers: Bonelli’s Eagle ! Garraf Natural Park. Enough is enough.

Spain 218

Spain Terrapins Eagles Europe 218

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2015

They are a different species to those that we have at home in Broome and have a lot more black colouring on their breast. It represents a captain bringing live birds to add to the bird collection at the Botanical Garden! By now I was in sunshine and so were the Fruit bats! Fruit bats-Eastern Park. Bird collector bollard.

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Rabbits Bats Pelicans 2003 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

One night three great fruit bats flew over the face of the moon. The first is from the American naturalist William Beebe: “I was walking across our compound last month when a queen termite began building her miraculous city. I saw it because I looked down. I saw it because I looked up.”

Eggs 130

Eggs Emotional Bats 2014 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). To remedy this, I visited the Animal Diversity Web site at the University of Michigan.

Mammals 175

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

In trying to find further evidence of the warbler’s behaviour and the sapsucker’s lifestyle, I found numerous mentions of Rufous Hummingbirds and “other species” coming to feed from sap wells. Thus I bring you, the story of the Red-breasted Sapsucker and the Townsend’s Warbler.

San Francisco 178

San Francisco Maryland Jordan Lifestyle 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

beats have still managed to share 82 checklists and accounted for 737 species. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. To get as close as I can to a true reflection of species collaboratively collected by the beats, I update the post just before kissing my family goodbye and heading to the airport. CR-Cariblanco.

2019 120

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 120

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Although more than twenty thousand people around the globe who share the hobby or passion or obsession for watching the feathered ones also shared a collective day of birding on May 5th, we just had to do it again for fall migration. In Costa Rica, my two person “Team Tyto” did especially well with a final total of 236 species.

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Costa Rica Argentina Bats Birds 137

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2017

Redgannet collects up all the data and reports back on the first Saturday of each month. Thus; As at April 30 th 2017, the collaborative year total stands at 1432 , with 895 species noted this month from 164 shared checklists. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2017. Huntingdon St, 07 Feb 2017.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Redgannet added another splash of colour to the collective profile by falling asleep on a boat and waking up in Uruguay , the 44th country to feature in the list. Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Redgannet retains the world record for staying up late to collate them.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Despite recording 370 species during the month, the list total has advanced by just 45. Just to confuse things a little, only 14 new species were recorded since June 1 st. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. As at June 30 th , it stands at 1796. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Cordilleran Flycatcher – Empidonax occidentalis.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101