10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

In our early birding days, Erik and I had one of our most hilarious bird-related fights while looking at a flotilla of ducks in Mission Bay yelling at each other about field marks before realizing we were looking at two different ducks. We regularly find Snowy Egrets , scope out Brant , and shorebirds.

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San Diego Sea Lions Lions Birds 191

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. I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. What are your best wildlife moments?

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2011

There is a lot of bird movement around Australia at the moment due to the weather, so time to go and investigate! This group were hanging out with some Plumed Whistling Ducks. This will be a “Wet&# season that all of the wildlife will remember. The low pressure system has already brought Fork-tailed Swifts into view.

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Investigation Birds Cattle Ducks 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2011

O beautiful for whistling ducks! Even in the Brazilian Amazon, I’ve never seen this many whistling ducks together–there were sixty at a manmade lake behind the Brevard Community College near Titusville, Florida. Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. a tropical delight! What a sight. Now that’s a jutting jaw.

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Florida Tail Banding Ducks Ohio 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

There was a wide variety of birds including Brolga, Black-necked Stork, Royal Spoonbills and a variety of honeyeaters, herons, raptors, ducks, finches and doves to name a few. Thankfully the dam is just before the start of the relentless corrugations of the gravel road and we stopped by to observe the wildlife.

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Birds 2000 Investigation Geese 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Alkborough Flats were only formed in 2006 when the River Humber burst its banks and flooded 450 hectares of farmland and it is now a haven for wildlife. It had displaced the Common Snipe , but it did not take long and they were back in front of the hide investigating the newly cut reed bed.

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Geese Australia 2006 Investigation 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. We then switch to Andy McWilliam, a genial investigator with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, who combines the skill of a life doing police work with a deep appreciation for the importance of Great Britain’s wildlife laws.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 200