10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2023
As the Wryneck is a lost breeding bird in Britain it’s also a bird of special interest to us Brits and one I never tire of photographing. Small birds in flight are impossible This digiscoped Kingfisher in India was happy to pose It was on a trip to western Sicily that I was introduced for the first time to the solution.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2023
It seems that the Red-billed Leiothrix can be vocally dominant (it accounts for 37% of an entire bird community soundscape in northern Italy) and can influence the singing behavior, particularly of native Eurasian Blackcaps and European Robins (in Portugal and Italy). And who wants birds with highly visible Hitler mustaches anyway?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2012
Another oft-quoted account is that of Lopo Vaz de Sampayo, governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. When he returned to Portugal in disgrace after usurping his position from the rightful governor, Sampayo supposedly took tulip bulbs with him from Sri Lanka.
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