10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. Baicich and Colin J.

Eggs 237

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 237

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Golden-tailed Woodpecker shares something with the German flag – it is called golden-tailed even though to me the color of its tail is yellow, not golden. No doubt the woodpecker has similar considerations. In terms of breeding behavior, starlings are a diversified group – some use helpers, others do not.

South Africa 190

South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. Australian Painted Snipe breeding near Broome once again. I have written about birds that breed here and birds that we observe regularly as well as birds that we only see occasionally. Sunda Pygmy Woodpeckers in Singapore. One Tree Hill-Dandenong Ranges National Park.

Australia 147

Australia Singapore Birds Battery 147