10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept. Another “maybe this is” species: a possible Wallaces Hawk-eagle.

Birds 205

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 205

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. If you are afraid of spiders, you might want to get a pet Streaked Spiderhunter. The Crested Bunting would certainly be a highlight in a post on buntings (such as this one ) but does not particularly stand out here in Yunnan.

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months.

Goats 159

Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 159

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.

Los Angeles 175

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 175