10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2011

This just in… Dan Rhoads, weary to the bone with eyes nearly burnt out from competitive bird watching, just completed his report of the Second Annual Cyprus Bird Race , transmitted it to the 10,000 Birds home office through secret back channels, and then collapsed. With Melis and Lefkios joining us, we set off for our Big Day.

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MAY 3, 2024

One thing that I have learned from repeated spring visits to Cyprus is that no two years are ever the same. Look carefully and you might spot two Red-necked Phalaropes in this long-range photograph A bonus was finding a trio of Red-necked Phalaropes, a regular migrant through Cyprus but not one you can always be sure of seeing.

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JUNE 24, 2011

And the water treatment facilities built to support them are kept wet throughout the year, even in the blistering heat of summer in Cyprus. It’s Poop Week on 10,000 Birds and Sewage, though far from glorious, is great fertilizer. Technically it’s in Meneou, not in Larnaca proper, just behind the airport.

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JULY 15, 2011

The big story of the fortnight in Cyprus isn’t about birds, but it crosses the path of birding (kinda). It seems that it came off rather well, and was co-organized by the Cyprus Game Fund and members of the Bern Convention. Which gets me to the real big news in Cyprus of the fortnight, indirectly anyway.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Therefore, I was quite surprised when I learned that Helm has taken the gauntlet and, this January, published the “Birds of Cyprus” by Colin Richardson and Richard Porter. pounds to carry around, “Birds of Cyprus” (BOC) has 256 pages and weighs only one pound. Unlike “Collins Bird Guide” (CBG) with 416 pages and 1.7

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AUGUST 12, 2011

As I mined my old birding photos, I recalled one such experience at the Palekhori-Kambi Dam in the eastern part of the Troodos mountain range of Cyprus. It’s a common species throughout Cyprus and Europe for that matter, but sometimes the common can impress. And the number of House Martins was pretty damn impressive.

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MARCH 18, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Spring is for Wheatears Spring is for Wheatears By Dan • March 18, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share What is true in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US holds true for Cyprus as well: Spring is prime-time for Passerines.

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APRIL 18, 2024

This Ctretzchmar’s Bunting was digiscoped in Cyprus Digiscoping is a remarkably effective way of photographing distant birds, while the success of my photography reflected the sharpness of the Swarovski scope. However, it does have its disadvantages, chief of which is the difficulty of photographing flying birds.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

So I reached for the “Birds of Cyprus” by Richardson and Porter which shows the Siberian in winter plumage. And to make matters worse, “Collins Bird Guide” by Svensson et al. published in the US as “Birds of Europe”), shows only a male in breeding plumage.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

I’ve seen them in Cyprus. Mole – gentleman in black velvet I’ve seen lots of bats, but bat identification is tricky, even when armed with a bat detector. A few are easy, such as the Egyptian Fruit Bat, the largest bat we have in Europe. They are big, impressive bats that fly high.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Dan Rhoads , who has ably and enthusiastically chronicled the birds of Cyprus and those who sought to do them harm, decided that with all of life’s other commitments he could not provide the quality content to 10,000 Birds readers that he wanted to. Or something like that.

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JULY 12, 2024

This bird was in Cyprus in April; I have yet to see one this year in the UK There are, inevitably, a few birds that I really should have encountered by now but have failed to do so. In Cyprus in April I delighted in watching several Little Crakes plus a splendid Baillon’s Crake, all of which proved easy to see, if not photograph.

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JUNE 26, 2013

The organization dismantled nearly 9,000 traps on Cyprus last year. Volunteers with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter sneak into a grove where a farmer has just placed lime sticks to snag unwary birds. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

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AUGUST 26, 2011

This comes from BirdLife Cyprus’ research officer Mike Miltiadou, and shared by Melpo Apostolidou: Waterbirds that bred on the island this year. These are good news as the species has a non favourable conservation status at European level and this is only the second year the species nests in Cyprus.

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APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

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MARCH 4, 2011

Of course hybridizations have been reported, and there may or may not be apparent gradations of these descriptions, making identification even tougher in Cyprus where they can all be seen at various times of the year. While there he studied Molecular Biology, then met a Cypriot, got married, and ended up moving with her to Cyprus.

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MAY 8, 2013

Bringing Griffon Vultures into Cyprus – Dan Rhoads, 10,000 Birds. Reuppell’s Vulture , photo by Adam Riley. Griffon Vultures, Gyps fulvus. In the Flesh, Griffon Vultures – Carrie Laben, 10,000 Birds. Lammergeier , photo by Adam Riley. Assorted Vultures.

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JULY 19, 2024

This is a Balkan special, and a bird I know well from Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Only four species breed in Britain – the Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting and Cirl Bunting, but there are rather more in Europe, of which my favourite is the Black-headed Bunting. A singing Black-headed Bunting.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Knowing how good Collins 2 is and how high standards it has set, no publisher seems to dare to challenge them on the continental level (there are a few single-country guides, e.g. for Cyprus ).

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JUNE 10, 2011

For instance, here is a list of the pelagic bird reports that Colin Richardson (the bird recorder for BirdLife Cyprus ) has received: Scopoli’s Shearwater : max. For instance, here is a list of the pelagic bird reports that Colin Richardson (the bird recorder for BirdLife Cyprus ) has received: Scopoli’s Shearwater : max.

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APRIL 5, 2024

The next couple of months will of course see a boost to my British list, as summer migrants flood into England, while forthcoming trips to Cyprus, Greece and northern Spain will also turbocharge the European list.

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JUNE 26, 2011

Birding Cyprus’ Sewage Pools Why would you be better off visiting Cyprus’ sewage pools than sampling its local cuisine ? My Loo List Why do the fates conspire to shower blessings upon us when we are least prepared to enjoy them? What’s more important… toilet paper or a camera?

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

I dreamed of birding the Sundarbans delta – roughly the size of Connecticut or Cyprus – ever since my very dear friends Tim and Hanna Balke told me a story of their visit to these swamps where the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mehgna rivers converge in the Bengal basin.

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APRIL 4, 2015

During this year’s competition, each team raised money for – and awareness of – the illegal trapping of migratory birds in Cyprus , a fitting cause for a race that celebrates the miracle of migration. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean and is a crucial stop-over for migrating birds.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! • Explore These Related Posts Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now.Or

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APRIL 25, 2015

Cyprus count yields a rarity: an almost all-black flamingo. Research that’s sure to peeve anyone who’s struggled to list both a Common Redpoll and a Hoary Redpoll. What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight? An infomercial king who’s probably going to jail.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

My first-ever digiscoped bird – a Great Spotted Cuckoo in Cyprus At the time I was travelling a lot in search of birds, usually leading holidays. It was on a trip to Cyprus, watching a Great Spotted Cuckoo ( above ), that one of my clients suggested I should have a go at digiscoping it, a technique I’d never even heard of.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Do you include objects related to conservation–a copy of Silent Spring , maybe a photo of one of the lime traps that kill thousands of songbirds in Cyprus? Do you include objects related to ornithology–published taxonomies and proceedings or a conference program from an ornithological organization, and if so, which one?

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DECEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book that will be read with pleasure and amazement by both birders and nonbirders.

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