10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

I have caught a bus across Europe, but I can’t really claim to have “been” to Germany or Belgium. I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either.

Botswana 162

Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

David Tomlinson If you are American then you will no doubt know Perdix perdix as the Gray Partridge , an introduced game bird now widespread on the prairies of Canada and the northern states of the USA. The birds with the c**k Partridge are Yellowhammers , plus a c**k Pheasant. There are just a few areas left where it still thrives.

Hungary 176

Hungary Eggs Fox India 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The other post is Jochen’s tale of trying to find a Lesser Scaup in Europe. Birders there had to invent games to make seeing a scaup interesting: Because of all the places it could have called its winter home, it chose the Rhine separating Huningue and Weil am Rhein, the border triangle of Switzerland, France and Germany.

Ducks 214

Ducks New Zealand France Germany 214