10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2021
and Canada and winter in northeastern Mexico, while the sedentary wrens of central Mexico, Central America, and South America are now to be identified as Grass Wrens. That’s 100% Barn Owl butt, right there. One is an aged Xoloitzcuintle, or Mexican Hairless Dog. Did they show up for us? Why yes, they did!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2020
but there are other birds, many stopping to stay, many others moving to South America. In Costa Rica, a lot of those birds fly right overhead. Latin America tends to be loud and Costa Rica is no exception. As with anywhere in migration, give a bird a good set of winds and it’s going to ride it as far as it can go.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
A flock of small birds at the dyke, Yellowhammers mostly… I cannot see well because of one enthusiastic hunting dog which takes pleasure in running through the snow and flushing them up whenever the birds land. Yeah, right. Watch for the dark beaks.” In this light, all beaks are dark! How can I call them all poachers?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
August arrived and I was releasing birds knowing they’d need time to adapt prior to making that long flight across the Gulf of Mexico, headed to South America. I started calling her, patting my knees (much like you’d call a dog, for gawd’s sake), “Sophie! Finally, it was just Sophie left. You can do this!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Renato Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:36 am Nice post, the Collared Doves also make it to South America. Wicked, right? And reports of birds nesting – not owls, of course, those weirdo snow fetishists, but other birds nesting – light up my life.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2011
My home country of South Africa can only be described as a birding paradise! It occurs in forest edge in eastern South Africa, and in Fynbos , and even into arid areas, in the southern parts of the country. Greater Double-collared Sunbird (right) is less common and more localized than its smaller cousin.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2011
crossing the Carribean and winding up in South America? The average (responsible) dog-owner does not think of his or her dog functioning on instinct, but as a organism with deep emotional ties to its family that seeks out pleasures and avoids pains… which, fundamentally, is how we people operate.
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