10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. Back to birds. Humankind, you did it again, congratulations. The Latin species name melanogaster highlights the black belly of the bird ( melanos = black, gastros = belly).

Birds 223

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 223

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2012

The bird life of Kruger National Park appears to be distilled into a small area surrounding the hide and they seem oblivious to the observers with their battery of lenses poking out from the wooden building. Today an adult bird was hunting while two juvenile birds waited, knee-deep in water, apparently unclear what to do next.

Hunting 186

Hunting Battery Raised Adoptable 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2015

I reach for my camera, only to realise that the batteries were flat. There is a tin fishing hut on stilts and some sort of netting across the lagoon, either to prevent the larger fish getting in, or getting out of it. A few moored boats with piles of fishing nets, but no people. Barn Swallows and Sand Martins (a.k.a.

Greece 235

Greece Dogs Pelicans Fish 235

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2019

In Caines, Australia, we enjoyed a wet morning on the Daintree River, with Murray Hunt, of the Dain Tree River Tours. White we were out there, I captured this group of Razorbills , returning to their nests, more than likely with the bellies full of fish for the young. So there you have it, my favorite birds of the year.

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2018 Costa Rica South Africa New Zealand 165