10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. I am a birder and I can claim that out of Serbia’s total of 350+ bird species, highly urbanised inner city areas of Belgrade hold almost 100 birds, while the outskirts have more than 200 species. The question is, where to see them?

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Birds 2017 Eagles Otters 205

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Famous Grouse brand was founded in 1896 in Perth and adopted its now-legendary grouse logo sometime in the early twentieth century, an image first drawn by Phillippa Gloag, the daughter of the company owner. The controversial management of Scotland’s grouse moors for these hunts is discussed in last week’s edition of Birds and Booze.).

Sheep 196

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 196

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

While one farmer grows hops, another raises grain destined for the malthouse. For birders who know the importance of being in just the right habitat in finding a particular species, this isn’t at all an unfamiliar idea. Of course, habitats of all sorts attract wildlife.

2014 113

2014 Milwaukee California Industry 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. 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?

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The island is also the largest colony of the species anywhere in their range, making it the capital of their tyrannical empire. 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.

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Breeding Collecting California Hunting 175

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

Ghana 191

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

There seem to be so many that some days the negative stories just seem to pile up in my reader, species lost here, habitat destroyed there, poisoning, illegal persecution, the list can seem endless. Further research revealed two more companies in Britain and several others across Europe all engaged in the same shooting tourism.

Morocco 172

Morocco Turtles Protest Protesting 172

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas. Consider Victoria's Secret, a company who makes much of its money by exposing women's breasts. Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. How sick and twisted is that. Never mind all that.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40