10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2023
I was very glad to be able to spend the week of Christmas and the new year at the Tegernsee, a small lake in southern Bavaria, together with my family and my girlfriend. While I did take advantage of the comfort inside, we did regularly venture outside and I was glad to have a few good birding moments.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2023
And when two of those eyes are professionally trained for wildlife monitoring, that is certainly a big plus. For example, of the 9 duck species we saw, 7 are winter-only. The same can be said, to a lesser extent, for the shorebirds, New World sparrows, warblers, and many other families. Four eyes are better than two.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
For a few years now, every time they visit their family here, he or they go with me to bird my favorite sites. Just two weeks earlier, the only ducks I had seen were a handful of resident Mexican Ducks and Fulvous Whistling-Ducks. His wife, Fany, is also a biologist, and is from Morelia. I love Long-billed Curlews.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
Another good reason to write in advance is if you are going on a break to see family and you don’t know if time will allow you to write. We were to spend a few days with my sister and family that had travelled from Sydney and my parents, who had not been able to travel to Australia this year. Tufted Duck. Common Eider.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2023
The African Pygmy Goose to me looks a bit like an annoying teenager on a subway train who wants to highlight the fact that he wears enormous earphones. These two Hadada Ibis are reenacting the mirror scene from “Duck soup” (sort of). It still looks pretty much like a Purple Swamphen to me. In a distinct color.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2021
It turns out that duck nests tend to be so similar that you need to identify the feathers lining the nest, usually the breast feathers of the parent, to identify the user. Each family section begins with a Group Account, an overall section giving the number of species in the family and nesting commonalities and differences.
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 was nice to get off the train, cross the street, and be at a place as beautiful as this.
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