10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

The Feral Pigeon and the House Sparrow came the day after, when in the lush green oasis of the Sanitas nursery tea garden I noticed the announcement of the next meeting of the Botswana Bird Club. Under that impossibly blue sky of Africa. Waders were represented by Kittlitz’s Plover , Ruff , Wood Sandpiper , Avocet and Black-winged Stilt.

Africa 203

Africa Botswana Birds Europe 203

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species. You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha). American Black Duck (Anas rubripes). Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris).

2020 151

2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 151

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. Thus 100 species were missed by the time he woke up and noticed that eBird had reset the counters at midnight(do you guys have nothing better to do?). White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

2019 161

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Ducks were also well represented by Pacific Black Ducks and Australian Wood Duck. Ducks were also well represented by Pacific Black Ducks and Australian Wood Duck. Black-fronted Dotterels , Magpie-larks and Willie Wagtails ran along the muddy edges where there was evidence of feral pigs.

Ducks 100

Ducks Pigs Zebras Feral 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

I am certainly not complaining though, as a repetitive working routine that will lead to around 500 species a year is better than the working routine I had in the late 2000′s, where seeing more than 250 species a year would have been extraordinary. See more than 500 species. See more than 20 lifers. The Birding Diary.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145