10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. If you like cute birds, you will probably like the Black-and-yellow Broadbill. Homework assignment: Is the bird in this video a male or a female? Maybe the birds I saw were not real. You can see why here.

Birds 238

Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

birds that we are lucky to have with us today, species that seem to have beat the odds and have been migrating on the long and bumpy road to recovery. They bred on a number of islands near Japan and Taiwan, and ranged widely and abundantly from the Aleutian Islands south through California. Here are some U.S.

Albatross 228

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2011

We recorded a lot of individually marked birds that afternoon and had two flocks of Great Knot head off on their northward migration. It was rather nice to get a report about 10 days later of one of those Great Knot feeding on a mudflat in Taiwan!

Taiwan 190

Taiwan Breeding Experience Experiments 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

This year, it seems I wrote one post on birding in Shanghai each month – and I am still not even sure anyone is interested in these. Probably the most interesting bird this month was a Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher showing up in the Shanghai Botanical Garden. I know – sexism is very common in the birding world.

Finland 147

Finland Birds 2016 McDonalds 147