10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

At the bank of one such small dam, a Softshell Turtle basks in the afternoon sun, while one Oriental Magpie-Robin is searching the water edge. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. There is barely enough light for a photo.

India 147

India Lions Boars Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

At the bank of one such small dam, a Softshell Turtle basks in the afternoon sun, while one Oriental Magpie-Robin is searching the water edge. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. There is barely enough light for a photo.

Lions 226

Lions India Mammals Boars 226

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Something needed to be done. Somebody had to take one for the team. Mike fixed me with his cold, steely, gray-eyed stare.

2019 139

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 139

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

(Even less relevant side note: To my delight, the author has a firmly anti-Trump tone, remarking for example that “A president claims he was being ‘sarcastic’ after, in all seriousness, he raises the possibility of injecting Americans with bleach in order to control a pandemic.”). Mellowing with age?

Birds 147

Birds Cattle Suffering Turtles 147