Battery Course Hunting Species 
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
This is how it looks like: Or at sunset: A species I did not come for from Shanghai is the Black-crowned Night Heron. Its species name graydoni is in honor of Philip Newenham Graydon (1864-1940), a British planter in Sabah. Why that makes Mr. Graydon worthy of having a bird species named after him is a mystery to me.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2019
In the end, I truly did set out to reduce the number of birds that I feature here from 1302, my years total species, down to 10-12. Of course, the one bird pre-destined to be a favorite, would be the last new bird of the year. It seemed like every time I eliminated a photo, I remembered another one that just had to make the cut.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
229 
Let's personalize your content