10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2011

Sure, flaunt the birds. That’s about 400 hundred people in Canada, 2600 in Greenland, 2500 in Svalbrad (Norway), and 700 or so in Russia. What has this all got to do with birds? More than anything else it means that I find myself wistfully looking south, wondering when the summer birds will be arriving.

Norway 148

Norway Russia Canada Shelters 148

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

On September 13th we made a decision to go over to the UK to spend time with Mum and enjoy all that an English October has to offer in the way of birds. Having returned to the UK after an absence of twenty two years last year it would not be quite as overwhelming this year, because we had the European birds fresh in our heads once again!

Norway 100

Norway Iceland Family 2016 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. The one case that could have been an actual Turkey was a bird spotted in Honduras, where they may or may not have been, by our friend Christopher Columbus.

Turkey 201

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2009

I also loved the birds of paradise. Fothergill: For me, it has to be Svalbard, which is an archipelago of islands between Greenland and northern Norway. Linfield: Yes, and I think, as Alastair says, you were always influenced by the things that you film. It’s where we filmed all the polar bear material.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears Bears Walruses Norway 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Out of just under 200 bird species I observed this year in SE Europe, there are 6 threatened species. Some of them were always uncommon in the region, others are highly localised, some are hard to notice among thousands of similar birds, but others were abundant recently and one of them still is, despite the decrease in numbers.

Serbia 201

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 201

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

He hypothesized that the bird Bloxam shot, which by this point was origin uncertain because no one was sure where Bloxam had shot it, might be a juvenile Striated Starling. ” And because he was the first to publish a scientific description of the bird with a name attached the name stuck. ” … Extinction is forever.

Killing 170

Killing Rats Cooking Norway 170

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

David Tomlinson If you are American then you will no doubt know Perdix perdix as the Gray Partridge , an introduced game bird now widespread on the prairies of Canada and the northern states of the USA. These are hardy birds – they have to be to survive a Canadian winter. There are just a few areas left where it still thrives.

Hungary 157

Hungary Eggs Fox India 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

Birding in Germany was okay during the first half of the year but essentially came to an end in June due to several issues, most significantly a move to a different appartment within Heidelberg. You can see my birding activities abroad and within Germany on the maps at the top of this post. 1, my best bird of the year… 10.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101