10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Serious birders may have an obsessive interest in birds, but one thing they universally don’t like are birds which, they believe, aren’t properly wild. This individual was photographed in India There’s one problem with this approach, as it can lead to birds being ignored.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
How about so dramatic that nine birds caught a ride on a freighter and some made it all the way across the Atlantic Ocean ? At least two of the birds ended up in the Netherlands where they have been delighting birders from across Europe. Birds irruption Netherlands Snowy Owl'
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2024
However – and I am not saying this out of misplaced national pride – there is one bird in the Netherlands that proves Jefferson wrong and Buffon right: the White-tailed Eagle (or Sea Eagle ). At the Praambult look-out point it’s always clear you are in the Netherlands. It’s the only Dutch eagle. It is wild and very beautiful.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2023
Before starting Birdingplaces.eu , Chris van der Heijden worked for BirdLife in The Netherlands. During his birding travels through Europe, he came up with the idea for Birdingplaces: why was it so hard to get good birding info in most countries? habitats and birds to look out for). Yes, it was possible.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2013
While it might fall within the autumn migration, if you are in the south of Europe, it isn’t in full swing. Common Swifts were among the first birds to leave, by late July. And the Eurobirdwatch – the pan-European birding weekend, is being organised at the beginning of October. We met at 10.00
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2019
The Christmas Bird Count was the answer. The IWC census starts from mid-January following the logic that it is the period when the birds have reached their wintering grounds and are rather static, so the chance of double-counting the same flock is minimal. But it is so frustrating to pass the birds by without IDing them!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2012
It is commonly kept in captivity and has therefore established many feral populations world-wide originating from escaped / released cage birds. This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account. Very stupid thing to do.
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