10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2022
When you think of the best birding in the south of Asia, it is Malaysia that comes to mind, although you are likely not to even think of the country as such: you are dreaming of the (Malaysian) province of Sabah, in the north of the island of Borneo. And yet, it easily fits the largest pocket of my reporter’s vest.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2024
According to the eBird description, it is everything I am not: a “neon-colored, noisy, highly social bird” Shudder to think (not the bird part though). Next, this post has a long section on babblers, a very ill-defined category of birds. But some of them look pretty interesting.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2023
As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right. However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
The Bornean Bristlehead is kind of the star bird of Sepilok. eBird calls it “a ‘grail bird’ of many birders visiting Borneo. Up to now, I thought that the B in the HBW stands for bird, but I guess I was wrong. If like me you enjoy cute birds, you will like the Malaysian Pied Fantail.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. The scientific name of the Grey-sided Laughingthrush , caerulatus (dark blue), makes much more sense to me than the common name.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2024
Learning irrelevant things while reading about birds. Of the female, the website Birds of Singapore says that it “resembles male but has greyish-brown upperparts”, which is a strange way of stating that its color is completely different. The coloration of the bird subspecies is mainly similar to that of L.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
This, 2022, has been a curious year for books about birds and birding. Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide.
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