10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

” A pity, as the species is not only very attractive but also a bit of a mystery, being neither a typical finch nor bunting and thus placed in its own family. Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag?

China 172

China Mongolia Birds Russia 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families.

Bolivia 172

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press.

Ireland 143

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Though these decoys are erected in hopes of warding off all birds, it’s protection from corvids in particular that’s invoked by the scarecrow. The crow’s reputation as a formidable agricultural pest is embodied across farm country in the scarecrow. Good birding and happy drinking! Dancing Crow Vineyards Zinfandel (2017).

2017 158

2017 Nevada California Italy 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. Sheep may timidly graze but these Black Grouse are another matter altogether. Blackcocks at the Lek (1901) by Scottish painter Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).

Sheep 196

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 196

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Says Dawson of the parents “ A company of some hundred adults, fathers perhaps, lay offshore and watched proceedings; but the mothers gave me earnest attention. A blind visitor might be able to guess how far along the breeding season was by the varying intensity of the attacks, which reached their zenith around hatching.

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Breeding Collecting California Hunting 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

By the way, if you google “Black Kite”, the very first result you get even before the Wikipedia entry on the bird is a company named Black Kite. Maybe those should be protected too? It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130