10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Take that same stroll in southern Brazil or other places and extinction is acres of burned rainforest, a walk through plastic decorated neighborhoods devoid of insects, massive forest fires, die-offs of animals, and millions of shellfish being cooked alive , in situ. Two are pelagic species, two are resident, and the other one is a mystery.

Costa Rica 268

Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 268

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Formerly distributed across parts of southeastern Brazil from the state of Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, this Brazilian endemic suffered dramatic declines due to chronic loss of its lowland Atlantic forest habitat. Curassows are such stately birds. Photo courtesy of Ciro Albano. Linhares is a stronghold for all these species.

Brazil 224

Brazil California Condor Parrots Texas 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Is a Coua a bird or a city in Brazil? Lerps are the carbohydrate rich protective shells exuded by tiny bugs (hermipteras) that suck sugars out of the leaves of eucalypts. Outside the breeding season they may tarvel in large flocks looking for outbreaks of these bugs. What, exactly, is a koel?

Australia 173

Australia Fiji Hunters Family 173