10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Black Francolin – one of several hundred birds with black in its name OK, nearly all of the people who had birds named after them were white, often rich and typically colonialists, army officers or explorers, but there’s hardly a dull person among them, and all were products of their time.

Falcons 222

Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 222

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ).

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Fish 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2018

What’s the eBird breeding code for that? Had a cavity-nester had landed on Kevin, he would have been in for some pretty serious stigmata, and – I hope – even greater fame as a saint as a reward for those wounds.) Saint Kevin and the blackbirds. Perhaps the mention of a species gives the story a veracity that “bird sp.”

Blackbirds 105

Blackbirds Wounded Stray 2013 105