10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2018

I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list. Simply, they are among the most beautiful ducks around. But through binoculars I noticed small raised crests and supercilia joining on hindneck – Woodlarks !

Moldova 121

Moldova Birds Serbia Greece 121

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. One exception is Magdalena Heinroth, a German ornithologist who, with her husband Oscar, raised and studied thousands of birds in her apartment in pre-World War II Berlin.

Dissection 234

Dissection Birds Research Europe 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. Actually, when I started to bird, my second ever duck, after the Mallard, was a Ruddy Shelduck! The closer one raises her head, than lies back.

Wildlife 185

Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 185