10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2023

Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900), a director to the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, whose study of bird fossils led to the discovery of tropical birds such as trogons and parrots from prehistoric France. eBird admits that the black chin of the Black-chinned Yuhina is “not very noticeable” But it is a cute bird.

Italy 182

Italy Birds China France 182

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

This shearwater is a Mediterranean endemic, breeding from Sardinia and Corsica to the Adriatic and the Aegean. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. But, the Yelkouan Shearwater is also a lifer for me!

Greece 228

Greece Malta Croatia Birds 228

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556.

Turkey 199

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 199

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You’d be lucky today to find even a pair in Hungary, while according to the European Breeding Atlas 2 , it “has almost completely disappeared from S, central and W Italy, Switzerland, Norway and W Austria”. Northern France is another area with a strong population. There are just a few areas left where it still thrives.

Hungary 154

Hungary Eggs Fox India 154