10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2024

However, instead of rushing out to buy a brand new pair of bins, it was recommended that she bought herself a pair of secondhand Zeiss Dialyt 10×40, then the binocular of choice of most serious birders. In 1999 came a watershed moment when I flew to Austria for the launch of the brand-new Swarovski EL range.

Austria 188

Austria Factory Branding Germany 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

The species name “tukki” is not derived from a beloved but now extinct Eastern European car brand but from the Sumatran word for woodpecker. The HBW entry for the Downy Woodpecker (Reno, USA) illustrates a common phenomenon – apparently, the more a species is known, the more subjects for further research pop up.

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Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

It even seems that the pliant researchers indirectly support the fighting (even though it has led to the species being one of the most hunted ones in that province) by developing a quick method to identify the sex of the bird (the males turn out to be somewhat bigger and thus presumably the more coveted fighters). Shame on the researchers.

Eggs 163

Eggs China Birds Mammals 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

The website then hastens to add that “Unfortunately, there isn’t much scientific research on the poop of the upland buzzard” I bet some ornithology students do not find this particularly unfortunate. Some ornithological research is surprisingly simple. This individual first did not fully comply.

Birds 179

Birds Research Science Europe 179