10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Charlie is an amateur nature photographer from Singapore who has been birdwatching for close to 15 years now. A Grey-headed Fish Eagle photographed ethically. The purpose of using bait was to be able to capture action shots of the bird swooping in for the kill. Doing so, however, presented a few problems.

Eagles 269

Eagles Singapore Fish Ethics 269

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. Spotted Wood-owl.

Singapore 160

Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. Strangely, there do not seem to be many papers on this species. In one paper , you can find fascinating sentences such as “The new species is most similar to D. My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets.

Birds 221

Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 221

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). There are about 50 different species of flowerpeckers globally. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent. “Dull, me?

Los Angeles 194

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 194