10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2023 I attempted to keep a year list of mammal encounters: the list barely exceeded 20 species, while it became complicated by seeing bats and voles that I was unable to name specifically. I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting.

Fur 245

Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 245

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I took home a few of the pellets and found that the owls were feasting on grey squirrels and cottontail rabbits. But the jawbone…that was from a bat! Oehlenschlager apologized that he couldn’t say the exact species of bat. It was either a big brown bat or a hoary bat.

Bats 258

Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

I’ve noted at least nine species of reptiles and amphibians, even our native opossum and squirrel. Of course, various species of bats as well. At night, we keep our eyes out for the passage of the neighborhood Barn Owl , oftentimes a Tropical Screech-Owl would hunt insects from a low perch on our almond tree.

Opossums 264

Opossums Barn Owls Hunting Reptiles 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

But I did pick up some astonishing species, including five broadbills, three pittas, six hornbills, the Storm’s Stork , White-fronted Falconet , Pygmy Ibon , Mountain Black-eye , Mountain Serpent Eagle and Bat Hawk. The entrance to hell has a walkway. Danum Valley. You need to go to the Borneo Rainforest Lodge.

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Birds Bats Elephants Family 243