10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

And, in a nice irony, an example par excellence of the law of unintended consequences: the Redhead, a diving duck, has an aversion to wind turbines, and will change its feeding areas to avoid them. “Scientists fear that this may cause them to lose condition over winter and thus damage their breeding prospects.”

Alaska 222

Alaska Breeding Kenya Africa 222

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

The law of diminishing returns brings the inevitability of repeat sightings and has checked the momentum of the combined beats’ list for June. Just to confuse things a little, only 14 new species were recorded since June 1 st. Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. 22 May 2016.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100