article thumbnail

Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Grouse are the chickens we would love to lay eyes on. Even so, he still knew many species and always yearned to learn about the wildlife he encountered. There were also grouse, the Ruffed Grouse , and like so many other species, it just seemed impossible that I would ever see one.

article thumbnail

Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

Usually not one to chicken out, the worried and concerned looks on their faces told me not to ignore the advice. My hosts could confidently tick off the species on their life list. We got at least three sub-species but the highlight was a Wilson’s Snipe we flushed. Instead, we should head back to civilisation.

Denver 176
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Birding the Drakensberg, South Africa

10,000 Birds

In fact, this is probably a species that has substantially expanded its original range through the pet shop route and the resulting escapees. In fact, it seems to be one of the species employed by past ornithologists to establish their own monument in the shape of a subspecies. A challenge for young birders, maybe. billion of them.

article thumbnail

Visit the Manu Road with InkaNatura Travel

10,000 Birds

In the high part of Ajanaco we could watch Giant Hummingbird , Creamy-crested Spintail (an endemic specie), Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch , and by Pillahuata we could watch Chesnut-bellied Mountain Tanager , Band-tailed and Barred Fruiteaters , Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan. This lek and its observation blind are famous among birders.

Peru 198
article thumbnail

How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

10,000 Birds

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. that’s three birds). ” (p.

Science 228
article thumbnail

How The Bird Got Its Beak

10,000 Birds

The feature distinguishes birds from other species; All birds have them, no other species do. Beaks vary across different kinds of birds, and this great diversity in beaks is part of the great diversity of the 10,000+ species of birds that exist today; Beaks thus facilitated the diversification of birds. Here’s the thing.

article thumbnail

Birding Shanghai in October 2022

10,000 Birds

For this reason, the species is evaluated as Vulnerable.” The Rufous-tailed Robin used to be called Swinhoe’s Robin but apparently, somebody decided that there were already too many bird species (6, according to the HBW) named after him. The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.

Birds 208