10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

Birds 218

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 218

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Since 1984 it has been planted with native bush and pests were controlled, and is now used as a wildlife reserve.

Penguins 165

Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

What started as a small group of birds, with the hope they would make it on their own, is now a very strong breeding population. In support of his “Come@Me” story on bird names, I present for you the Black-headed Gull , with its brown head. This picture is for our esteemed Beat Writer, Redgannet.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100