10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. The rails did indeed come to investigate but came up empty-beaked. Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. How’s that for an understatement of the obvious?

Costa Rica 262

Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. The lake consists of a large body of open water, a belt of tall yellow grass (where a big orange cat can blend and disappear if it chooses so) and, all around it, thick forests of predominantly teak, interspersed with thickets of bamboo.

Tigers 252

Tigers India Killing 2012 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

One of these clades holds a diversity of Old World species in several distinct groups, including an Australasian clade, the green-pigeons, the emerald- and wood-doves, the imperial-pigeons and fruit-doves (favorites of mine), and the subjects of our investigation today, the 15 known members of the Raphini.

Solomon Islands 278

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278