10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely seen to the south, only here and there, in the Carpathians (Slovakia/Ukraine/Romania/eastern Serbia) and Dinaric Alps (Croatia/Bosnia/western Serbia). Two years ago I screamed “UralOwlUralOwlUralOwl!!!”,

Serbia 246

Serbia Owls Slovakia Bosnia 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2013

Therefore I have decided to right my wrong by providing first and foremost some avian eye candy, and not talk. 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.

Germany 177

Germany Russia Iceland India 177

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? Primorye is officially part of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District. b) Who will play author Jonathan C. Slaght in the film version? So, Blakiston’s Fish Owl it was.

Owls 139

Owls Russia Fish Research 139

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

If such human food is not available, the Yellow-billed Chough goes back to its original diet of (at least in Europe) grasshoppers, as described here. This species might indeed merit a bit more research – the only paper I found on its breeding looked at only 7 nests (of which 3 failed).

Birds 130

Birds China Science Research 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

About the Green-winged Pytilia , the HBW entry includes the harrowing “Popular cagebird, large numbers of which are captured and exported; mortality during shipment high” Humanity can be a scarce resource in humankind. ” ( HBW ). With Red-billed Quelea. Kind of like Dresden, I guess.

Birds 147

Birds Africa Eagles Barn Owls 147