10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Wagner wasn’t the only one to have died from gunshot wounds. There are not, as far as I know, any plans to re-name the Montagu’s Harrier, a bird that’s now a real rarity in the UK that only occasionally breeds here. Eleonora’s Falcons still breed on Sardinia today. There are relatively few European birds named after women.

Falcons 215

Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 215

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you?

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully.

Wounded 254

Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 254

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. To show how adaptive this species is, the following photograph was sent to me by one of my readers and I use it with her permission.

Hunters 174

Hunters Hunting North America Game 174

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2013

Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds. There were actually quite a few more shorebird species roosting and feeding out in the marsh proper but they were distant and will not factor into this post.

Eggs 145

Eggs New York Wounded Jamaica 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

These globally threatened raptors breed from Ukraine eastward through Siberia and only a few come to overwinter here. Here in Serbia, in the south of the continent, this species is a proper rarity. The first idea was, it is probably wounded by poachers. The biggest count ever was less than 10 birds in the whole of Serbia.

Geese 141

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 141

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Sadly it has been a poor season so far and the Pied Oystercatchers are currently on their second attempt at breeding. Most of these birds had significant breeding plumage and had most likely only recently returned to the Broome area. This week we had large tides and there were several large flocks on Cable Beach.

Wounded 160

Wounded Eggs Rescue Breeding 160