10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? The Black Heron – besides looking rather cool, though not really very black – also has an interesting fishing technique. In a 1946 paper , it is called “under-wing fishing”, while nowadays the term “canopy fishing” seems to be preferred.

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. All that planning, preparation, shopping, organizing, and now it was over.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

But what I like above all is going on a well-organized trip where I know where to go and what to look for in each place. The mapping exercise works particularly well with birds confined to a specific habitat (Baranda fish farm S49396968 and Pecena slatina S49396887 ). A Moustached Warbler at Baranda fish farm ( S49396968 ).

Serbia 155

Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I give special thanks and appreciation to world birder Pirjo Laakso and her husband Bjorne, and local guide Pepe Castiblanco because seeing this nemesis lifer was only made possible by Pirjo organizing the trip and hiring Pepe and myself to guide her. If you ever run into her while birding, please buy her a nice cold beer, she deserves it!

2020 258

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 258

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Which, when you do the math, means that the guide covers all resident and migrant Breeders, birds that “Occur Year Round”, regular migrants, and then some. Species Accounts are organized into seven chapters based on two major habitats: - Waterbirds—Swimming Waterbirds, Flying Waterbirds, Walking Waterbirds.

Ireland 176

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 176