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. They don’t need to be professional bird killers either, predators only need to be in the right place at the right time. The rails did indeed come to investigate but came up empty-beaked.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
There is a great song by The Chills titled “ Complex “ Great link, right? Even though I am pretty sure eyes like these cannot be real and have been taken from some oversized teddy bears. Apart from the crane, some Long-eared Owls were the highlight of this short trip for me.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2021
It is also fascinating to see how similar Old World trogons look to their New World relatives, right down to the same flamboyant color patterns. Males of both species share the odd distinction of bearing the colors of the Mexican flag, with a green head, white chest band, and bright red breast.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2011
Take, for example, this pair of birds I found investigating a cavity in northern Chatham County this weekend. A pair were busy investigating a broken stump, though the real object of their interest, what I assume was an old cavity, happened to just be on the opposite side. Appropriate! may not be accurate. Proud cavity-owners!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
Once you reach Coconut Wells the road bears to your right and just as the bitumen ends you take a left turn towards the beach. I investigated where the Beach Stone-curlew had been and noticed it had recently deposited a small pile of waste. Even better, once the tide is right out you can explore the creatures of the reef !
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. Finally, the shores of the Telia lie in front of us. The Telia Lake.
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. What a horror! What a disaster!
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