10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2011

This fear of the dark and deep is the reason why I am happy and grateful every day I wasn’t born a duck. Seriously, ducks must be the toughest creatures ever, the Chuck Norrises of the bird world, because they endure this thing all the time. He doesn’t go there for the ducks, but for the fish.

Zoos 201

Zoos Ducks Elephants Tigers 201

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Slaughter Lake does not sound like it would be a nice place to visit but we three Americans, my small family, were blissfully unaware of what Schlachtensee translates to before our expedition there. It is at the edge of the Grunewald, or Green Forest, which is alleged to have Black Woodpeckers haunting its depths.

Woodpeckers 161

Woodpeckers Birds ALA Slaughter 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise. Colombia is one of those countries that Dragan’s dreams are made of: it has 1,965 bird species – more than any other country in the world. Among them are 94 endemics and 101 near-endemics, four introduced species and only 42 vagrants.

Birds 246

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 246