10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Call me old fashioned if you like, but I rather like many of these old names, as they put a bit of colour and interest into birding, especially if you bother to investigate who exactly the birds are named after. Eleonora’s Falcons still breed on Sardinia today. There are relatively few European birds named after women.

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Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 223

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

I am inside the city of Belgrade, checking the theoretically possible Peregrine Falcon site. Yet, not a trace of a falcon. ” Falcons do hunt pigeons, we all know that, but what is a Kamikaze pigeon? Extensive investigations by the police apparently led to a strong suspicion, but there have been no convictions to date.

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Switzerland Serbia Feral Falcons 194

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 210

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2018

On December 7th an odd looking Peregrine Falcon was observed in Broome at the Sports Ova l. In Australia we often observe Peregrine Falcons and they are the subspecies Falco peregrinus macropus. The Peregrine Falcon at the Sports Oval has been perching on the light towers and is easily observed, but it is a long way up.

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Falcons Australia 2016 Investigation 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2011

I noticed a silhouette and we investigated and we got our first Pallid Cuckoo for the year. There have been reports of them breeding in the 1960′s near Derby, which is over 200kms away. We discovered another juvenile not far away, so other species have had their eggs swapped out. They tend to use Honeyeater or Magpie-lark nests.

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Australia Investigation Falcons Eggs 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Now I break (and think that I should put a „I break for birds“ bumper sticker), bins… a falcon! An Eleonora’s Falcon , light morph, makes several circles above the Olive grove and it is gone. Eleonora’s Falcons are migrants themselves. Such a fascinating species.

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Greece Falcons Madagascar Africa 226

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Am I over-confident in my thinking that we were so interesting that they were investigating us for a good half an hour, until we moved further upriver? We found Black-collared Swallows breeding in cracks among the lower riverside rocks. We occasionally heard their load snorting, while their movements were relaxed and rush-free.

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Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 261