10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2022
It is undoubtedly the most wonderful time of year – when we don our binoculars and boots and head off on a tradition spanning more than a hundred years – that of the Christmas Bird Count! We soon departed to our various locations, bellies full and eyes hungry for birds. Three of them in fact, rare visitors from the north.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real avian dependence on these man-made landscapes. And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
They consistently disappointed me by not being butterflies or small birds, and I associated them with an oppressive sun and being a long way from the garden hose and getting a headache for want of a drink. But who?* “Birds”, says the all-knowing Internet. So, which birds? And there were so, so many of them.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2019
The month of February has produced 838 birds noted by 10 beats who, between them, shared 114 checklists. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The post Collaborative List – February 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2019
If I know the readership at 10,000 Birds, they are already way ahead on this one, but please remember to give the migrants a little space. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. The migrants are coming (Hurray!). They are tired and hungry.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2019
We can use the figures above to compare the birds that cross between the hemispheres. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The post Collaborative List – March 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. That’s just 3.35%.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2019
Despite looking way older than his years, we cannot attribute Regannet’s haggard appearance to hard birding, scoring only 19 during eBird’s Big Day was not the greatest effort expended on May 4th. Doi Inthanon NP–Mae Klang Watershed Management Unit & Inthanon Bird Center (Mr Daeng’s) vicinity. 24 Feb 2019.
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