10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2022
But, as I detailed last week , that drive to the Pacific Coast was a rather spectacular failure, because of a highly unseasonal rain, and my failure to recharge my camera battery. But this time, it would be in the afternoon, with strong winds and brilliant sunshine… and a full camera battery. And where was the nearest beach?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
So I had to settle for seeing a Black Phoebe , some Killdeers , and Caspian Terns standing by the Creek Mouth — all species I can see near home — and lots of Mallards , which do not occur in central Mexico, but are common in much of the rest of the world. I was wrong. At first I was quite upset.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2020
But every Monday, when my weekend work peak has passed, I literally head for the hills, and recharge my batteries with a healthy dose of total solitude. This is very bad news for those whose battery-recharging times depend on movie theaters, restaurants, clubs, and gyms. And lots of birds, of course. But for introverts and birders?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2017
This is a chance to recharge out batteries, spend a little quite time together and try to get in a whole bunch of birding done. They make themselves right at home in some of the nastiest plant life around, flying in and out of, and perching on the many different cactus species that live here in the desert of Baja Sur, Mexico.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2021
I took so many photos on this outing that my battery ran out of charge before I finally saw the Grebes , so no photos of those.). These birds are normally a constant presence on the lake, but because of the drought, it had been a year since I had seen the Grebes there, and a 18 months for the Ruddy Ducks. (I
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2019
At this point, I am going to take a short break from writing, rest a bit, get the batteries recharged and figure out what we are going to do for an encore to 2018. So there you have it, my favorite birds of the year. It will be a very hard act to follow, but I am sure we will come up with something to do, and some more birds to track down.
Critter News
OCTOBER 19, 2008
and Canada are actively opposing battery cages. In Mexico, many farms are being run as they were 3 or 4 decades ago, although there are some more modern large facilities. At the International Egg Commission’s annual meeting, held last month in China, it was noted that animal welfare activists in the U.S.
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