10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2015
We were at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, of course, which is not only home to Falcated Duck, but many other birds. There are hordes of fowl here (fowl of the water) in winter, with geese having the most prominent presence. We were just minding our own business, completely innocently, when this group of birds came along.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
There’s nothing like a birdy, bird-filled lunch and I’m not talking about some lemon domesticated jungle fowl tagine either (although that is damn good too!). I mean watching cool birds at close range while enjoying the midday repast. Most offer good, home-cooked fare but very few also happen to feed the birds.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
Years ago it was pointed out by somebody, probably Tinbergen or Lack or Wynn-Edwards or one of the other great bird-savvy ethologists of the day, that young Pelicans would blackmail their parents by biting their own wings, a very self defeating activity for a bird with a huge and powerful beak.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2020
And as the windblown birds settled down for the summer breeding season and the wind subsided, I found any concern for which way it was blowing died down with it. Of course, there may very well have been fowl-inspired weathervanes in ancient Greece and Rome. And living birds still seem to appreciate weathervanes as perches!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2018
This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail every year come Christmas Bird Count season in upstate New York. Dad-level bird jokes are right at home at Christmas Bird Count compilation dinners. Good Christmas Bird Counting and happy drinking!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. This is where they got their name.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? Some are incredibly rare and hard to find.
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