10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2017
If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace. Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Their common names reflect their size, appearance, residence, and sometimes their sound, ranging from the simple to the eponymous: Little Owl, Powerful Owl, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Cloud-Forest Pygmy-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Morepork, Christmas Island Boobook, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2014
The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The new rankings will be used in a major conservation initiative called the Edge of Existence program at the London Zoo. All I see are their buts. But that’s not the most interesting thing I’ve seen recently. Also written up here.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2018
Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 13 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Taman Negara NP–Mutiara Resort.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Taman Negara NP–Mutiara Resort.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2018
Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Taman Negara NP–Mutiara Resort.
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