article thumbnail

Douze points

10,000 Birds

This is the Czech Republic entry for 2009; [link]. Europe’s most celebrated songster, the Nightingale, will be signalling his return to the northern breeding grounds. Tonight, Malmo hosts the high camp drama that is the Eurovision Song Contest. It is a celebration of trite, ridiculous and frankly disturbing pop music.

article thumbnail

My Year in Birding 2012

10,000 Birds

Two-thousand-twelve was a pretty darn good year for me birding-wise and otherwise. Seeing 525 species was nice, as was the fact that I birded in four countries, nine of the fifty states in the United States, and fifty-one counties. I went to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. Mottled Duck ?

2012 143