10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2024
Memorable encounters with Mammals: Part I Most birdwatchers enjoy seeing mammals, but the trouble with mammals is that they tend to be much more challenging to see than birds. I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention: three wild boars , appearing all black because they had just swam through the swamp to reach the bottom of the levee. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2015
They have pointy tails, almost eel-like, I do not notice any tail flipper… whatever, they aren’t birds. Because they aren’t fishes, but – Eurasian Otters! My first live otters ever (the only previous one was a road-kill)! Birding Europe Mammals otters Serbia' The Reva is not protected.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Back in July, my fellow 10,000 Birds contributor Dragan wrote a delightful piece about birding Lake Kerkini in spring. I first visited Kerkini and this bird-rich region of northern Greece 15 years ago, and have been returning regularly ever since. My photograph below is of a captive bird).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2013
What if there was an international multi-day Birding competition? Enter the inaugural Peru Birding Rally Challenge , the first international birding event of it’s kind in the world. Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open. Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. You can make a similar map for the small carnivores, the Mustelids, such as minks, ermines, otters, etc.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2020
Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskeys all month long. Luckily, we needn’t wander into such whimsical territory to find Scotland’s putative national bird.
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