10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Aleksandar started birdwatching when he was 10, after a face-to-face encounter with an Erect-crested penguin. One reason that I can think of for subjecting myself to such a torturous experience is if I am going birdwatching. I caught traveler’s diarrhea four days ago in the jungle (Imodium to the rescue, but just barely).

Colombia 236

Colombia Birds Raised Ecuador 236

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Journeys With Penguins: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin is a different type of penguin book. Kooyman (co-author with Jim Mastro) spent decades studying Emperor Penguins and can be considered the world’s foremost expert on the species. Author Gerald L.

Penguins 169

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

I wanted Penguins. The African Penguins (formerly known as Jackass Penguins) were pretty much a “gotcha”, but I was still tremendously excited to see them on two field trips–the Boulders colony by False Bay and at the Stony Point colony at Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape. And Sunbirds.

South Africa 255

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255