10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2025
Red-crested Pochard, February 25, 2025, Mehsana, India Eurasian Teal, February 28, 2025, Kutch, India Greater Flamingo, March 01, 2025, Jamnagar, India Photos by Ming Li. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) is a striking diving duck species native to Europe and Asia. I took the photo from a small boat in the river.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2025
This week saw the arrival of the first Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) of the season. I cannot write about the arrival of these colourful birds without making reference to Howard Irby. He was an ornithologist who wrote a wonderful “Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar” in 1875, with a lavish second edition twenty years later, graced by Thorburn’s watercolours.
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