10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 Trips Great Indian Bustard India'

India 248

India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

They are described as “larger and more powerful than the Common Blackbird of Europe” – I can imagine some Chinese nationalists rejoicing that “my blackbird can beat your blackbird” … According to Wikipedia, the distribution of the Red-billed Leiothrix stretches over India, Bhutan, Nepal, Burma, and parts of Tibet.

Birds 211

Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 211

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2013

It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia. Aspect one is feeding when humans are not around.

Germany 179

Germany Russia Iceland India 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2015

This is my first visit to this area, known as the Madz Brod, where two new breeding species for the country were discovered a decade ago. They are common winter visitors, but this is my first observation of them in the breeding season. Madz Brod by Slobodan Puzovic. Still, it’s a new bird for my country list. We wait again.

Europe 249

Europe Serbia Russia Breeding 249

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here.

Singapore 147

Singapore Birds Mountain Goats Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. for decorating the headgear and house interiors by the local tribals, at least in parts of India ( source ). Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”. Unfortunately, the other hornbill species are not nearly as adaptable.

Rhinoceros 131

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 131

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia. ibis and the eastern B.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

So, while waiting for evolution to produce new birds for our life lists is inadvisable, we sometimes catch a break and every few years get a new species or two when some genetic research or study of breeding distribution presents enough evidence to split what was once considered a single species into a few new ones.

Ohio 113

Ohio India Hawaii United States 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

If there are human fishing activities then all the better – Marabous will gather in numbers around fishermen’s docks and fish markets, in fact anywhere where fish are cleaned and scraps disposed of, allowing these intelligent birds to obtain a free meal. The Saddle-billed Stork has a similar Africa-wide distribution as the Marabou.

Africa 246

Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Flocks of cheerful birds frequent caves and cliffs where they breed. Gelada lip flare My favorite Ethiopian animal, the Gelada used to be considered a baboon but is actually the last survivor of an ancient group of grass-eating monkeys that used to occur throughout Africa, the Mediterranean and India.

Ethiopia 273

Ethiopia Eritrea Africa Mammals 273

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The bulk of the population (approximately 80%) belong to the Zulu tribe, but significant numbers of Xhosa and Afrikaans, as well as immigrants from India and Britain call this beautiful patch of land on Africa’s eastern seaboard their home. This bird breeds in the forests of the Transkei area and is only a winter visitor to KwaZulu-Natal.

Mozambique 195

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 195