10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

A manicured green lawn in front of the building and an iridescent blue bird on a smallish aloe tree. It was June 1999 and I was observing my first ever bird on African soil. The next bird was some crow-like UFO observed from the shuttle bus. I asked the bus driver about the bird and he asked me back: “The bi’d?” “Umm,

Africa 222

Africa Botswana Birds Europe 222

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus). Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum). Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina).

2020 154

2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Bare-faced Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides personatus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. The life list was pumped a further 27 sp up to 3953.

2019 179

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

But when you are a pasty white dude from New York relieved to be out of a gray and gloomy winter, you take what you can get and I managed to find some interesting birds in my at the resort. In addition to the birds there were also Mongoose (introduced, of course) that called the area around the mini golf course home.

Jamaica 180

Jamaica Mongoose Dominica Pelicans 180

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

Furthermore, I have business / bird survey trips scheduled (nearly definite) to the following locations: Indonesia: West Java and South Kalimantan, probably in October. However, I really want to focus more on lifers instead of year birds, particularly in Indonesia. The Birding Diary. where I add some common German garden birds.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

2013 was a strange year for me, staring in the UK, ending in Borneo and spending large tracks of the year not really seeing many birds in New Zealand. Birds simply don’t get much better than that, but then again locatins to start and end a year rarely get much better than the famous Danum Valley in Borneo. The List: Birds.

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150