10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
I have been lucky enough to get close views of two massive Old World Vulture species, the Eurasian Griffon and the Egyptian Vulture. Here in Mexico, I can almost always count on Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures to pad each outing’s list by two species. Black Vultures are a bit smaller than all these other species.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2022
So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. One of my most vivid memories of watching The Sopranos – still the best TV series ever, in my opinion – is Tony outside barbecuing, occasionally turning the different pieces of meat.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2023
These two Hadada Ibis are reenacting the mirror scene from “Duck soup” (sort of). While it also eats dead meat and carcasses like its relatives, its favorite food is palm nuts. The White-eared Barbet is another bird species with an annoyingly sensible Latin species name, leucotis (white-eared).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Actually, I visited the Two Towers twice, had about 50 bird species each time and about 60 in total, so this is sort of a composite tour description. A few dozen Common Goldeneyes and several Smews are among them but it takes a scope to locate these diminutive ducks. In recent years, two races did become full species.).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2015
Since we’ve covered some generalities already, once a month I’ll be exploring how a species, genus, or family of birds got its name, and how those names fit in with our larger understanding of, and relationship with, birds. At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
But how birds use these different senses, like the diversity in bill size and shape, varies almost as much from species to species. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. The longest bird bill relative to body-size.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2020
On the other hand a croc might be tempted to grab a piece of meat that hangs low over the water and where do you think my paddle holding hand will be? Among 60 or so heron species in the world this is the only one using this peculiar fishing technique. Knob-billed Duck 1. White-faced Whistling Duck 24. Grey Heron 4.
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