10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

Note the short legs, stout body and white rump and tail I see Muntjac on virtually every birding (or dog-walking) outing, as these small Asian deer are now very numerous around my home in the Suffolk Brecks. I’ve yet to see one in the UK, but I had a memorable encounter with one while birding from a small boat on a river in Lithuania.

Fur 200

Fur Deer Boars Estonia 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2011

But the book is never heavy, because accounts of the filial piety of lions and monogamy of crows are mixed with items like “The Hedgehog is a spiteful creature. When it is caught, it pisses all over itself, so that the fur is unfit to use, even though it could be put to many good applications.&#

Hedgehogs 117

Hedgehogs Egypt Animal Fur 117

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

But hedgehogs? There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. The reasons for this perceived lack of birds are threefold. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161