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.

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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. There is a Chinese proverb stating “Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.” Also, the cap of the females is not even red but black.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

I was just thinking that tailorbird might be a good brand name for a cheap line of men’s clothing. Please keep that in mind if you ever think that Germany’s only contributions to the world are highways and world wars. In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

Then again, why would anyone name a bird after a botanist, let alone one I only just made up right now? In the right light, the male Common Pheasant can look ridiculously attractive. I should also point out that contrary to popular belief, the Common Starling is not named after Edward Common (1858-1892), the English botanist.

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