10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2015

Scope to the left, there are three Ferruginous Ducks now… but what are those fishes doing? My first live otters ever (the only previous one was a road-kill)! In that first year, about 95 bird species were recorded here, not to mention the Otter, listed as the Near Threatened species in the IUCN Red List.

Otters 186

Otters Serbia Fish Mammals 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This is “the deep cradle of Western ornithology: the birthplace of bird study,” he tells us as he writes about gazing at the 8,000-year old depictions of “flamingos, herons, raptors, avocets and many other species” (p. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not.

Dissection 240

Dissection Birds Research Europe 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2018

There are many species that captivate those looking at them: Burrowing Owls , Barn Owls , a variety of fishing-owls, Stygian Owl , Elf Owl , the list goes on and on. But beyond their killing ways Snowy Owls genuinely inspire non-birders to become birders. Compare that to the usual prey of Great Gray Owls , the vole.

Owls 172

Owls Barn Owls Woodpeckers Bahamas 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Little Egret walks in front of her, a dozen Lesser Whistling Ducks flies noisily low above water and through a flooded grass wades one Black-winged Stilt. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months.

Tigers 254

Tigers India Killing 2012 254

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

I was far away from the duck but you can still see that it is bleeding heavily. With the duck dead in the water the falcon would alternate between perching on the causeway while watching the duck and occasionally flying over it for an apparent closer look. Here she is making one of her very low passes over the duck.

Falcons 119

Falcons Ducks Utah Ethics 119

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

It has also found its way to Japan where it is considered to be an invasive species. Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. Pigeons that moved were sitting ducks. pigeons, Columbia livia ).

Fish 214

Fish Birds Whales Whaling 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. Little boys kill thousands of birds each year with slingshots. The introduction of exotic animals has extirpated and continues to threaten hundreds of species. What can we do while species disappear from the planet each year?

Honduras 192

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 192

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

This often means that I end up with an hour or so to kill in Bayonne. A few visits between late summer and yesterday has gotten my Hudson County list up to sixty-three species, for what it’s worth. If I have a mid-morning meeting my strategy is to leave much earlier than necessary so as to avoid the worst of the traffic.

New Jersey 211

New Jersey New York Birds Killing 211

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Lucky and his instructor were successful in bluffing this particular bear, yet the very next year in the same area, Hoshino was killed by a Brown Bear. Cactus finch, Geospiza species. Galapagos cactus finch, Geospiza species. Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla. Black grouse, Tetrao tetrix.

Animal 115

Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Podicipediformes, aka Grebes, are freshwater diving duckish birds that are not ducks. Twenty two species are distributed among six genera, depending on what happens to be extinct, and for the most part one grebe is like another. This makes Grebes vulnerable to climate change and the predation of invasive species. Alegre, pers.

2010 210

2010 South America 2011 Argentina 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. H5N2 is a subtype of Influenza A, and infects many species of birds including those mentioned as well as ducks (domestic and wild). Will H5N2 Kill Wild Birds?

Mississippi 178

Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

We went to settle into our room, and since I had about an hour to kill before dinner, I took a quick walk around the property. Hundreds of birds all huddled closely together, dangling from the jagged ledges, seemingly separated by species in separate levels along the cliff. Total Species: 37. Added to Life List: +27.

Iceland 202

Iceland Puffins Europe Birds 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2020

It happens to every birder and it may take a while but eventually, every person who strives to see different species of birds comes across that one warbler, that particular shorebird or bunting or crossbill that they really, honestly, should have seen. My former nemesis was the Masked Duck. It also shows there every year!

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Ducks Birds Laws 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. The birding is not exceptional, but you can easily see some of Singapore’s and South-east Asia’s more common species and it does throw up the occasional jewel. My favourite site in Singapore is Paser Ris. and take 23 minutes).

Singapore 162

Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. Its only black plumage is a bold stripe that runs across the bird’s face” Scientific research has found that these ducks get together more closely if you feed them with bread.

Birds 247

Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Forget lions, tigers, and bears – if Internet listicles are to be believed, all of Oz is full of crocodiles, sharks, jellyfish, snakes, spiders – even magpies – that are dead set on killing, maiming, or injuring any humans they encounter. One of these killers even has the word “death” in its name, for crying out loud.

2019 243

2019 Australia Ducks Fowl 243

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Egyptian vulture clearly knowing where I left my smartphone “Lahme Ente” – lame duck Any slow person may be called a “lame duck“ in German, but today it is most commonly used in traffic to describe an annoyingly slow car. The origin of this expression clearly lies in the slow, dopey waddling gait of a duck on land.

Germany 201

Germany Birds Hunters Owls 201

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species.

2011 257

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2015

The high nutrient loading led to massive and unprecedented algal blooms which in turn killed productive plants and changed the once crystal-clear lake into pea soup. Additionally, 367 bird species have been recorded. Secondly, the massive lake is a visual bulls-eye for migrating shorebirds and other migratory species.

2015 247

2015 Florida Farming 2014 247

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Does the word define a species within country terms, regional terms etc? Is the term defined at the sub-species or full species level in terms of classification? The species must be listed as a separate, full species by both of the most widely used ornithological bird lists, Sibley/Monroe and Clements.

Birds 220

Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 220

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Baby ducks and chickens s are the mensches of the bird world; they don’t spend all that time sitting there uselessly and constantly demanding attention. ” but that may also say “I’m probably your offspring and not some cuckolding species’ offspring. Some birds do this a little.

Mammals 203

Mammals Turtles Eggs Fish 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

The Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planet – and Ourselves (Leslie Anthony, Yale). • The trouble is, the definition of “native habitat” is, for starlings and many other species, now quite elastic. • Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction (Chris D. Thomas, Public Affairs). •

Humane 105

Humane Species North America Sparrows 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. l-r) Brushland Tinamou ( Nothoprocta cinerascens ), Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), Greater Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ), Mandarin Duck ( Aix galericulata ). Erich Jarvis discuss key findings. ).

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The centre now encompasses native bush into which some of these endangered species have been released. (It Long-finned Eels swam in the rivers, and in their pens the breeding Blue Ducks where whistling away. The stoats, weasels, rats and the like, are unable to kill the big guys but can make short work of the chicks.

New Zealand 163

New Zealand Raised Endangered Species Rats 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Those who harvest are unfortunately myopic, seeing only the instant gratification of the meal or the kill.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

My best bird of the year is based on the sighting rather than the species. This ABA Code 4 bird was found hanging out with some Wood Ducks in Missoula, conveniently enough, by Radd Icenoggle. Only trouble is, which of the seven species I saw this year do I pick? Rock Warbler by Clare Morton. Redgannet picked a real stunner.

2013 168

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2018

There’s always a chance that we could ingest something bad for us, something that might even kill us – a peril we face anytime we swallow anything, in fact. I suspect this will be the first and last time we’ll see a beer featuring this species, an introduced Old-World songbird best known in North America from its St.

Collecting 100

Collecting St. Louis Dogs Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

She doesn’t know the species till it emerges, almost dreamlike, from the heavy glare of the sun. Fox encounters 69 species, some singly, some in huge feeding or migrating flocks. The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. ” There are amazing stories here.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. 05 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Rondevlei Nature Reserve.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Also on the ground you’ll see your first Finsch’s Duck. This attractive relative of Australia’s Maned Duck is the most common duck you’ll see on the tour, but visitors always love seeing them and their ubiquity doesn’t detract from their attractiveness. It certainly has no known relatives.

New Zealand 216

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 216

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

While the species favors forested hills at moderate elevations ( source ), there are no hills at all here at Nanhui, so maybe these individuals are outcasts or just eccentrics. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo: This could be your host species! In the HBW, there are about 40 species with the word “plain” in the species name.

Birds 202

Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 202

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck , 11 July, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York (2nd Queens sighting). Fortunately for me, I came across one in a mixed-species flock while out birding one morning in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe. Gray Kingbird, 02 December, Great Kills Park, Staten Island, New York. State bird!

New York 263

New York Birds California Owls 263