10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The house we were staying in was surrounded by Howler Monkeys all night, who really work as a great 5:30 alarm, if that happens to be the time you want to get up! On my Face Book page, I made the comment that we might be waiting for Noah to come by, rather than getting to see some birds.

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Costa Rica Falcons Mexico Groups 113

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey. After sensing that no other monkeys saw him tumble, he marched off, back high, head and tail up, as if nothing had happened. After mating with a female, the male strutted away and accidentally fell into a ditch.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

In her book, “ On a Wing and a Prayer, “ Sarah Woods describes the bird that captured her interest when she first visited Panama: “At more than one metre tall and able to kill a monkey with a single swipe of its powerful, knife-like talons, [H]arpy [E]agles are incredibly hard to find.”

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Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Regardless, my suitcase always has binoculars and the relevant book for the region. Landing late in the evening made it necessary to book a guest house near the airport and I stayed in Okra House. Resident Red-tailed Monkeys, Vervet Monkeys, and Bushbabies are fun to watch but they do throw “stuff” at your cabin.

Uganda 223

Uganda Netherlands Monkeys Portugal 223

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. These fabled birds that once filled the skies for days as they migrated over the Midwest. ” You just can’t have both.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

David Diskin has authored or co-authored a slew of books, including Birding Hong Kong: A Site Guide , The Avifauna of Hong Kong , Hong Kong Nature Walks: The New Territories , and Hong Kong Nature Walks: Kowloon, Hong Kong and Outlying Islands. OK, this isn’t much of a list, but all wild monkey sightings deserve recognition! ).

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2014 Eagles Asia Groups 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

Red-billed Blue Magpies are occasionally eaten by snub-nosed monkeys. The gory details are outlined in a paper describing that the monkeys eat the head of the bird first but reject the wings. Book your vacation now. In fact, websites such as this one seem to offer package tours just to kill woodcocks.

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Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2023

At least he did not have a book titled “The Art of the Deal” ghostwritten for him. A paper describes how a Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (which looks a bit like somebody had kicked Donald Trump in the nose, which in itself may probably not be such a bad idea) ate three Chinese Babax chicks from a nest in Shennongjia National Park.

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Birds Mammals St. Louis Monkeys 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Among others, he edited The Important Bird Areas of South Africa and The Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa. What is it that I do not like about this book? Keith Barnes has birded Africa intensively for 30 years and has led tours on the continent for the last 15 years, after creating the company Tropical Birding.

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Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 207

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Back home I meticulously planned the perfect birding route based on our explorations, made the bookings and confirmed the first commercial birding tour to Ghana. Blue-moustached Bee-eater is rainforest species occurring in just a few scattered sites in Ghana, it was previously considered a subspecies of Blue-headed Bee-eater.

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 191