10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Having come back to the blog in whatever form and persistency, the overarching subject of language in birding seemed to be a suitable and deserving theme since bird names were part of my original beat. How have birds infiltrated our everyday language, even of non-birders? No birds required.

Germany 172

Germany Birds Hunters Owls 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2020

After being home for just over a month, I’ve been doing two things to keep my birding sanity. Firstly, I’ve been birding the heck out of our backyard, and encouraging people to do the same (both here and elsewhere ). Along the track, the shimmering scarlet gorget of a Hunter’s Sunbird shone like a beacon.

Kenya 218

Kenya Owls Hunters Ostriches 218

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Nineteenth and early twentieth century naturalists collected birds on long and arduous exploratory expeditions in the New World. A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. There were subsequent expeditions to the region in search of Guans, but none yielded evidence of the bird.

Collecting 267

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 267

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

But there was one trip I wasn’t going to miss, a midweek excursion by the Cumberland Bird Observers Club , the people to go out with in Sydney if you want birds. Next was White-naped Honeyeaters , a compact pretty little bird with a white front, black head and olive back. Spotted Pardalotes are uniquely Australian birds.

Owls 173

Owls Birds Neglecting Hawaii 173