10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2020
These birds also invite one to sites that are unique within the United States – the climate, vegetation, and landscapes all add context and heighten the experience of seeing one’s first Elegant Trogon or Painted Bunting. Due to their beauty and warbling song, poachers trap these buntings in South Florida for an illegal local cagebird trade.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2022
The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. It’s an open question.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. Bee Hummingbird, the smallest hummingbird in the world!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2012
The Kakum Forest Canopy Walkway – a “must experience” for any serious birder As we moved across the first swaying walkway, the distinctive sound of a Rufous-sided Broadbill performing his mechanical whirring display flight could be heard below us.
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