10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

It has been more than 5 years since I last went to Australia, and I was even less of a qualified bird photographer then than I am now. So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. I guess it is a bird though. Admittedly, it is mostly grey.

Australia 199

Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

Birds have no boobs. Birds hatch out of eggs, like some species of snakes, who also have no boobs, although with a snake the fact is more readily apparent. Not so with birds, who are taken care of by either the mother or both parents until they are old enough to fly. Raptors feed their young meat.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 255

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Eggs 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. I had a finder bring me a bird he’d correctly ID’d as a merlin – a not-too-common falcon – but when he brought him in, I could see he’d been trying to feed it BIRD SEED!”

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Robert Gallardo is well-known to many readers of 10,000 Birds as an outstanding Neotropical nature guide, author, and manager of La Chorcha Lodge. We are talking about the flora and fauna and in particular the birds, whose sole beauty makes them an easy target for some people. And these are just the direct assaults against birds!

Honduras 190

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 190

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Somehow they manage to get the bird or animal to a rehabilitator, even though finding one is often a feat in itself. They would realize that wild owls fly silently through the night and grab unwary rodents, not unsuspecting packages of processed cow meat. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings!

Wildlife Rehabilitation 257

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large, flightless bird native to the tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and a handful of islands in the Moluccas.

Guinea 140

Guinea Meat Australia Pets 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, the local subspecies of Bewick’s wren, a bird described in 1908 a “very common on all parts of the island,” was gone by the 1940’s, its habitat converted into goat flesh. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. And so, the U.S.

Goats 162

Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 162