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. He complained they were eating the grass he wanted for his horses. I’ve encountered Red Deer in almost as many countries, too.

Fur 228

Fur Deer Boars Estonia 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2014

According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within the theropod dinosaurs during the Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago. Conservation Cavity nesting birds nestlings NestWatch'

Fur 193

Fur Horses Birds Cows 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

Fortunately, a pair of fellow Queens birders who will be known to those who read my posts about going to Ecuador, Karlo and Alison Mirth, witnessed a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from a Raccoon in Forest Park, Queens, recently and Alison got some pictures that she agreed to let me share here on 10,000 Birds.

Raccoons 242

Raccoons Woodchucks Opossums Squirrels 242

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

It’s a gripping scene, especially as Aisholpan struggles to capture the lively young bird on the small cliff ledge as the parent eagle flies overhead. If this image sounds familiar, it may be because photographs of Kazakh eagle hunters are on the cover and title page of the encyclopedic Birds & People by Mark Cocker.)

Eagles 103

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 103