10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2013
Continued from: Birdwatching Santiago de Chile – Trip Report. By the time we had dinner and arrived to our hotel we were so exhausted that it became impossible to go search for this endemic bird. The birding in this area is much more difficult compared to Farellones due to the heavy brush and the steep terrain.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
With birds, this happens when one takes prey or other food caught or collected by another. Klepstoparasitism seems to be more prevalent among birds associated with water; those unable to dive often take food from those able to catch their food underwater. Some birds are opportunistic thieves, and others make a living at it.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2013
Continued from: Birdwatching Santidago de Chile Part 2. A great way to travel in Chile and Argentina is by bus. We took two overnight buses to get us from Santiago de Chile to San Miguel de Tucuman in northern Argentina. First we stopped at La Angostura Reservoir where we picked up some new birds for the trip.
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2017
Controversies about federal public lands, including the 2016 occupation of Malheur NWR in Oregon and proposed bills in Congress to dispose of certain land, has focused attention on the value of federal lands to birds and birders. But if one focuses on specific types of birds, the results can be both illuminating and surprising.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
The largest of the Andean flamingos is native to the wetlands and shallow alkaline lakes of the high Andes mountain range, from southern Perú to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile.
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2013
What do all these birds have in common? Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. You can keep up with the latest on this case through the Michigan Birding Network.).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2015
The Peruvian Pelican is restricted to the cold water of the Humboldt Current along the coast of Peru and Chile. The Brown Pelican is Louisiana’s state bird. Pelicans are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The Brown Pelican occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America and northern South America.
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