10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

The Common Gallinule , is the most wide spread of all the members of the rail family, being found from Canada, to Chile, Europe, Asia, Africa, much of the Pacific, and the Galapagos Islands. Very much omnivorous, they consume plant life, spiders, works, frogs, well, pretty much anything that you might find in a reedy, swampy area.

Chile 100

Chile Breeders Asia Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. However, they do not occur evenly across their familial distribution.

Parrots 169

Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 169

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

New York City 160

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2013

A walk through this land may wake up a family group of Peruvian Thick-knees crouched on their day roost, or flush a flock of Least Seedsnipes taking advantage of the seasonal seed production. The handsome Slender-billed Finch is restricted coastal habitats from central Peru to Northern Chile. Photos: Alfredo Begazo. Photo: Juan Chalco.

Peru 181

Peru Birds Parrots Chile 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

As birders, we tend to spend more time in wetlands than most of our peers, neighbors, and family members. Along with the other two members of the finfoot family, the Sungrebe is a super cool weird bird. Such sites being wonderful habitat for mosquitoes and other little biting nasties, we can’t really blame them.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Birds Ducks Pelicans 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The beauty of these scenes of falcons and raptors nesting in Africa, Canada, Wales, and Chile are thrilling, but the accompanying scenes of Lendrum stealing the eggs, sometimes with the parents flying in distress above him, are disturbing. ” [loc.3014, 3014, Kindle ed.]

Falcons 226

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 226

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2019

So, it just might be that pisco – the beloved South American grape brandy contentiously claimed by both Peru and Chile – is the only spirit named after birds. And for all those liquors without an aquatic etymology, their names tend to come from a principal ingredient or process: gin after juniper ( Juniperus spp.),

Peru 127

Peru San Francisco Parrots Chile 127

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

These are the bird families covered: Penguins, Alcids, Diving-Petrels, Petrels, Albatrosses, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Frigatebirds, Gannets and Boobies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Noddies, Terns, Phalaropes. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive.

Albatross 169

Albatross North America Birds Groups 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

She traveled to Antarctica and South Georgia, East Antarctica and the Ross Sea (“deep Antarctica”), Patagonia, the Falkland Islands, the small desert islands off the coast of Chile, the Galapagos, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Penguins 211

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 211

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Bearded Helmetcrest by Adam Riley NUMBER 9 The names of hummingbirds are arguably the most descriptive for any family of birds. Found in the Andes from southwest Colombia to Argentina and Chile, the Giant Hummingbird comes in at no.8. A trainbearer is a person who hold the gown of a bride at a wedding procession.

Colombia 279

Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Peru 279