10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! One of the birds most likely to have been heard about in recent years is the Night Parrot. Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865. Preface,p.xxiv.

Species 176

Species Australia Birds Parrots 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

If you are looking for something more colourful then you can’t go wrong with Australian King Parrots and Satin Bowerbirds and their bowers ! Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. Great Bowerbirds collecting blue items. New South Wales is a good location to find the Superb Lyrebird too and I wrote about that too!

Australia 147

Australia Singapore Birds Battery 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Illustrations were created using diverse visual and physical source materials–skin collections from Australian museums and a database of over 300,000 photographs (plus, of course, the artists’ years of field experience). Some offer nest information, egg information, breeding timeline, in flight views, etc.

Australia 108

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 108

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

The adult Pied Oystercatchers were still at their non-breeding site at Gantheaume Point and will no doubt lay their first eggs for 2015 in the first week of July. In fact one pair has collected mud from recent rains and they have built a nest on the bottom of the ladder of the pylon in the car-park! Magpie-lark nest on a ladder!

2015 188

2015 2014 Ducks Ponies 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Traditionally, the slow season, but the beats have mopped their collective brow and outdone their previous efforts. Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot – Cyclopsitta diophthalma. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Redgannet added another splash of colour to the collective profile by falling asleep on a boat and waking up in Uruguay , the 44th country to feature in the list. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Blue-winged Parrot – Neophema chrysostoma. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Mulga Parrot – Psephotus varius. Port Lincoln Parrot – Barnardius zonarius.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 02 Feb 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Big Egg Marsh. Orange-winged Parrot – Amazona amazonica. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Cartagos 2.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 02 Feb 2016.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 02 Feb 2016.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101