10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

There are a few, mostly confined to domestic or game birds that people may be familiar with at all stages of their lives – young pigeons are squabs, ducks are duckings, swans are cygnets, geese are gosling. English has not been similarly encumbered with frivolous names for young birds of specific types.

New Zealand 103

New Zealand Parrots Rats Bats 103

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

First of all: most of us don’t have much, because we spend all our money on gauze, antibiotics, and frozen rats. Earrings are toast with my Wood Duck and Wild Turkeys. And parrots =.”. My own parrots have taught me to avoid wearing jewelry unless I’m far from home. Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling.

Bald Eagle 214

Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Birds 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

For non-chef readers, if there are any, turducken consists of a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, which is then stuffed into a deboned turkey. Jayne Neville chimed in, inciting rehabbers to compare the biting ability of various seed-eaters, grackles, and parrots. More slang?” asked Erin, who is primarily a turtle rehabber.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 207

Wildlife Rehabilitation Turtles Turkey Wildlife 207

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2019 137

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2013

There were also several Grey Ducks and even a Mallard or two, mercifully the two hadn’t started interbreeding yet in Australia like they have in New Zealand. Eurasian Coots, Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens represented the more visible end of the rail spectrum, and perhaps best of all, or worst of all, was a rat.

Albatross 151

Albatross Rats Belize New Zealand 151

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Broad-billed Parrot. Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Amsterdam Duck. Passenger Pigeon. Alaotra Grebe. Saint Helena Cuckoo. Grand Cayman Thrush. Ascencion Crake. What do the eight birds above have in common? They are all extinct. Mauritius Owl.

Mauritius 171

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

Picking up a bargain copy of the latest edition of the Parrots of the World by Joseph Forshaw. Joseph has forgotten more than I will ever know when it comes to parrots. Incidentally the two genera form a sister clade to another Pacific genus, Prospeia , the shining-parrots, a gorgeous trio of parrots endemic to Fiji.

New Zealand 145

New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 145