10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

According to a bird guide published in 1911, “Competent authorities have proposed to divide the world, biologically, into two parts – Australia and the rest of the world, and they have considered Australia the more interesting part.” The species was bred at the zoo of Memphis, Tennesee ( source ). chocolate-bird (??),

Birds 147

Birds Australia Parrots Memphis 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2014

Past Memphis, down Nile! I’m working all weekend but hoping arriving birds migrate in my general direction. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Birding April weekend' Art building a hollow. New nest every summer.

Memphis 169

Memphis 2014 New York Bears 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2013

I haven’t been birding yet in 2013. Oh, I’ve gotten my first bird of the year ( European Starling – yay?) and a handful more ( Rock Pigeon , House Sparrow , and my first native bird, White-Throated Sparrow ), but for the most part I’ve been sticking to indoor pursuits here in chilly New York City.

Arkansas 101

Arkansas Memphis Sparrows Geese 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

China 175

China 2017 Birds Indonesia 175