10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2021
Here’s a quote about bird lungs from Britannica: “Himalayan geese have been observed not only to fly over human climbers struggling to reach the top of Mount Everest, but to honk as they do so.” Both falconers and wildlife rehabilitators have to study, gain experience, and jump through various hoops in order to get their licenses.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. Commoner species include Bar-headed Geese , parakeets, shrikes, mynas and minivets. If you have never thought of India as a birding destination, I’d urge you to give it a good look.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2019
Lesser White-fronted Geese, of course. I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. Red-footed Falcon by BartBotje/Wikimedia Commons. Red-footed Falcon’s breeding range starts less than 50 mi north of here and I hope that some will choose to join a local rookery and stay.”.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2018
Nikos said: “I may have about an hour before breakfast and can take you to see the geese.”. Kostas Papadopoulos observing Lesser White-fronted Geese at Kerkini. Lesser White-fronted Geese, of course. I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. How do you find lions in Africa?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
While at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday, co-leading the digiscoping field trip (with Clay Taylor from Swarovski Optik ), I had a couple of experiences that made me wonder exactly how it is that birders find birds. The bar was covered with shorebirds, gulls, geese, and cormorants.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. She is one of the best nature writers I’ve encountered in recent years, able to paint experiences with emotional immediacy. Although we are not close nor on a direct course, the geese are skittish.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
One of the neognath branches is called Galloanserae and consists today of the the Galliformes or landfowl (megapodes, guans, guineafowl, patridges, pheasants, grouse, turkeys, quail, and relatives) and the specialized aquatic Anseriformes or waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans, and related waterfowl, along with the weird South American screamers).
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