10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

I saw Painted Wolves again, my favourite species ever. So I was particularly pleased when one of the last birds I saw was a Spot-billed Duck, a local bird and lifer. A new duck! There’s an Indian Spot-billed Duck. And an Eastern Spot-billed Duck. I went to Ethiopia. I bought a house. How awesome.

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United Arab Emirates 2016 Ethiopia New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2018

But the vivid can artwork by Toronto illustrator Mia Viva also suggests that Collective Arts is at peace with this disruption of the natural order, depicting an improbable scene of a suitably dumbstruck white domestic duck sitting alongside a menacing wolf, with a fearless little songbird unwisely perched on the canine’s nose.

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Collecting St. Louis Dogs Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There are 160 to 200 species of marine birds here, depending on your definition of “marine bird” (Fox defines it as “species traditionally considered coastal,” including birds like Sandhill Cranes with the more traditional tubenoses, gulls, and ducks). Black-footed Albatross, image courtesy of Jared Towers.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It turns out that duck nests tend to be so similar that you need to identify the feathers lining the nest, usually the breast feathers of the parent, to identify the user. It is a photographic guide, offering over 750 photos of nests–empty nests, nests being built, nests with eggs, eggs with parents brooding eggs.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 250