10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2024

While the species name germani seems to indicate a German connection for this species, it is actually named after a French collector, Louis Rodolphe Germain (1827-1912), for once a name I did not make up. My inquiry included the following sentence: “Do you have female bird guides (I have had good experiences with them here in China)?”

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Vietnam Zebras Birds Sparrows 180

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2024

Eurasian Green Woodpecker In other areas, the lawn was densely covered in daisies and I experimented a bit with photographing from low angles to make the daisies look even more dense. In the picture below, it looks quite drowsy as it briefly blinked the split-second I pressed the shutter.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

Going back to that assumption that birds don’t have a sense of smell, it can be traced to John James Audubon (of course), who performed several experiments with Turkey Vultures and concluded that the vultures used sight, not scent, to find food. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2013

In Germany, it is a very polarizing species, as it is very common on the North Sea shore – where it breeds – but a scarce visitor to the rest of the country, making it a bird so fair and foul to a mixed group of birders as you’ll ever see. Birds Germany godwits shorebirds'

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2021

Influence in high places helps, too, such as when, to his delight, McMullan, a mere corporal at the time, discovers that his Brigadier (the boss of McMullan’s boss) is avid to see a Tengmalm’s Owl that McMullan had photographed (in Germany), and gets McMullan to guide him. He probably should do.

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Fox Kuwait Bosnia Afghanistan 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2021

A Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler made an early experience. Looks quite different from the Eurasian Jay I have seen in Germany, which I found is par for the course for this bird – it apparently has 8 races and 33 subspecies. Even though this is no challenge at all, of course. So, what was there to see? Always nice to see.

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China Birds Zebras Germany 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2012

Corey’s BBOTW was a Hooded Crow , the last bird he saw before flying out of Germany early Saturday morning. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2012 Germany Birds Owls 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2016

And now, researchers from Japan, Germany and Sweden confirmed what I knew all the time, like if I needed them to tell me so. They explained that Japanese Great T**s “experience a number of threats, and in response to predators, they give a variety of different calls. Japanese Great Tit, credit: Toshitaka Suzuki.

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Sweden Research Japan Germany 184

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2016

The Common Moorhen still is in Germany what its name implies: common. Well, it is rather common and can even be scarce regionally, but overall it is not a difficult bird to find in Germany so long as a cunning birder frequents reedy wetlands. Beware of Crocodiles.

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Zoos Germany California Condor Lions 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

My extensive birding experience allows me to be very confident that the bird below is a Rosefinch. Upon learning about my background, he asked me whether we have Yaks in Germany. It is indeed rufous-ish. Please consult your own bird guide for more details.

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Birds Germany India 2018 226

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2023

” (source: Fritz Hillenbrand, Underground Humour in Nazi Germany: 1933-1945, Routledge: London). Group patterns of behavior were interpreted as reflections of normal responses to novel situations in the birds’ realm of experience with conspecifics.” ” Sounds more sophisticated, right?

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Pandas Research Phoenix Science 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. There is no “masked” anything here in Germany. Scientists now hypothesize that there are two morphs of this owlet, one of which is invisible.

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2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? In an experiment conducted by renowned ornithologists, they sent out applications for a position as a bird model. Yes, you do, trust me. That makes for an inner core of about 0.2% This is more serious than it sounds.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 197

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

I grew up in a small town in Northern Germany. After my Przevalski experience, I now look up such names to check whether the person the bird is named after has made similar racist statements, or even done worse things. The HBW describes the species as “striking”, which is well deserved. A pity I cannot draw.

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South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

He published a book with the (for these times) rather concise title “Naturgeschichte der Voegel Deutschlands, nach eigenen Erfahrungen entworfen” (“Natural history of the birds of Germany, designed based on own experiences”), though the subtitle is a bit longer (“Durchaus Umgearbeitet, Systematisch Geordnet, Sehr Vermehrt, (..)

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Birds Research Science Europe 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. I do have experience with this species from Bodrum, Turkey; it is daring, bold and cocky, and is impossible to forget. And they both graze grass and browse younger branches and saplings.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2018

Yet, it takes great logistical effort to organize the census all the way from Germany to Austria, Hungary and Serbia in the same day, to count on numerous volunteers and hope for the best February weather. Yet, David, who has much more experience with bustards, isn’t convinced: “In winter, some females develop bristles, too.”.

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Hungary Serbia Austria Eggs 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Either that or having family friends in Germany. First hand birder knowledge of Germany, and in English! I decided then and there that I needed to bird Germany in a way that would make a birding Kraut cry with jealousy. Once on our own, Jess and I decided to try a fun experiment. They are just too cool.

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

My childhood in the 1970s and 1980s was of course shaped by family, friends, playmobil ( very popular in Germany back then), and school but also to a certain extend by the Cold War. As cheesy as it may sound, these experiences with what I was taught all my life were foes wanting nothing more than my demise were life-changing.

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Europe Birds Kazakhstan Russia 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

juvenile Parasitic Jaeger by Larry Jordan Jochen enjoyed a plover : My Best Bird of the Year is a White-tailed Lapwing I “twitched” in Germany in June. White-tailed Tropicbird by Nathan Swick Renato chose an impressive parrot: Birding is a wonderful experience in itself.

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

In July 2013, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held a meeting in Bremerhaven in Germany, to decide whether to turn the Ross Sea into a marine protected area. Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. Now you know.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

It was an awesome experience and one that I wish that everyone could have! Who knew meat on a stick was in the diet of Buteo buteo ? I took over two hundred pictures of this most accommodating of Common Buzzards and the bird really never showed any nervousness at my presence.

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Meat Experience Experiments Birds 155

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Horowitz and other scientists are now running experiments to determine what a behavior, like a kiss, really means. Horowitz wondered if they behave this way because they truly recognize they’ve done something wrong, so she devised an experiment. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

And I haven’t even started to write about ageing them … What are your experiences, and what is the colour of the claws on your local gull species? Palm Warblers in Central Park Answers to A Diabolical Quick Quiz Cow Birds About the Author Jochen Jochen Roeder was born in Germany and raised to be a birder. Get yours today!

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Another from the King of Spain dated 30 september 1512 refers to two turkeys which had arrived in Spain from Hispaniola. Kiva 78(1):37–60.

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