10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched only in BBC documentaries, the place famous for the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world – more than 1300 pairs! Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones). Have you heard of it? Can you pinpoint it on a map?
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.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
It is predominantly a wetland bird and most productive larger wetlands and lakes of Africa will support a population of these large, hulking birds that hang around the shallows searching for fish, waterbird nestlings and anything else remotely edible. They also prey on frogs and crabs.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
On a second visit I spotted a fishing boat going east along the channel followed by over a hundred gulls and terns, including over 40 Black Terns. Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. These were winter birds, due to fly north any day.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. 22 Jan 2016.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2016
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. 18 Feb 2016.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. 18 Feb 2016.
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