10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Collecting birds was clearly a dangerous pastime. Johann Georg Wagner has seven birds named after him, from a chachalaca to a woodpecker, but would he have found more if hadn’t accidentally shot himself while out collecting? Wagner wasn’t the only one to have died from gunshot wounds.

Falcons 216

Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 216

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

He fell in with a birdy crowd, including the naturalist William Bartram, who encouraged his lofty goal of illustrating all of North America’s birds, and George Ord, who accompanied him on collecting expeditions and supported and championed his work.

North America 165

North America America Wounded Canada 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products. Not birds, though. Clearly, we need better software.

Birds 168

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. Yellow-billed Stork.

Ethiopia 237

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

The most common species we see are the Stoke’s Sea Snake Astrotia stokesii , Dubois’ Sea Snake Aipysurus duboisii and the Olive Sea Snake Aipysurus laevis. We had collected it to remove from the beach, but it was very useful for sea snakes. The Olive Sea Snake is the one that varies the most in it’s colouration.

Australia 150

Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). There are about 50 different species of flowerpeckers globally. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent. “Dull, me?

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 179