10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

My hosts could confidently tick off the species on their life list. Honest food in a fifties’ diner while reminiscing about all those movies you have seen about diners in the fifties. We got at least three sub-species but the highlight was a Wilson’s Snipe we flushed. I am not a fan of American restaurants.

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Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2024

Amazingly, everyone showed up at dawn except for one person, who’d had a near-death experience with me on Colombia’s Sumapaz paramo, an acceptable excuse for a no-show. We met Marilyn and Leonardo at a non-descript fast-food joint’s parking lot and within 10 minutes we were in Parque Nacional La Estanzuela. It was amazing.

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Parrots Woodpeckers Industry Fast Food 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Anyway, the story is not quite how I remembered it, to be honest, but fitting enough to describe the almost claustrophobic birding experience in ever-shrinking Nanhui. And some ornamental trees planted in the road divider offer food for Chinese Grosbeak. So, I need to find something else to say about this species.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 204

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Many of the common species can be seen here, probably in this order; White-eared Bulbul , Red-vented Bulbul , Eurasian Hoopoe , Purple Sunbird , Graceful Prinia , Indian Roller. My personal list for Safa Park runs to 40+, but upwards of 200 species have been recorded here over the years. Gates are open from 08.00am ’til 10.00pm.

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UAE Broker Fast Food Wounded 172