10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2018

Wood Warblers have a strongly pronounced passage through April; Tawny Pipits , Bluethroats and Savi’s Warblers are back by the first week, and Ortolan Buntings and European Turtle Doves by the second week of April. Common Quail , Grey Partridge , Turtle Dove , too. Glossy Ibises are localized, as well as Griffon Vultures.

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Serbia Owls Geese Macedonia 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2017

There was a Short-toed Eagle ahead, taking flight to be replaced by another ST Eagle. At first I dismissed them for some hybrid geese, until I recognized their JIZZ. Immediately north of it I found another Short-toed Eagle and a very cooperative close-range Long-legged Buzzard. Lesser Kestrel. Western Rock Nuthatch.

Greece 193

Greece Killing Pelicans Eagles 193

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter. If you find a young hawk or eagle out of the nest and it is covered in down and is unable to stand on its huge feet, it needs to get back in the nest. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. Above are Canada Goose goslings.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. Greater Spotted Eagle by Artemy Voikhansky. years (three generations). (The

Serbia 202

Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 202

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Of the dozen gifts mentioned in the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” seven are birds: the seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and – of course – a partridge in a pear tree. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g.,

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Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 245