10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
There are bird feeders and then there are squirrel feeders disguised as bird feeders, a fact known well by those of us who have committed a part of our lives to our yard birds. And, I learned that wherever you have bird feeders, you also have squirrels. Persistent, greedy, clever squirrels who will rob you and your birds of all seed.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Ahead of the first trip, I wasn’t thinking much about mammals, and yet, you cannot miss them, from Nilgais near villages to Indian Flying Foxes in town centres, not to mention those ubiquitous and irresistibly cute Palm Squirrels eating seeds left for parakeets. On that first trip, I even saw some of the last 500 (Asiatic) Lions !
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2024
I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals. It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold. Only in Africa is it really easy to see a big variety.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly remarkable two week visit to Uganda as part of a group of western birders visiting there to promote the inaugural African Birding Expo. In the relatively brief period, my group had something on the order of 450 species.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2024
Large groups of Hooded Merganser , Redhead , Franklin’s Gull , and other floaters were easily spotted. We also saw Prairie Dogs , Bison , Mule Deer , Abert’s Squirrel and Coyote. Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting. We stopped at Rosie’s Diner.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2021
My first experience birding was as a teenager back in the 70s, when birding meant a pair of binoculars, a couple of bird feeders, and a smallish field guide (book). A gorgeous Squirrel Cuckoo blows my mind. … to where I once belonged. I realize I’m not in Kansas (well, California) anymore.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2022
There were numerous White-chested Emeralds around at the feeders also – a vivid Yellow Oriole hopped around a bit further off, and restless movement in the treetops further still was a Squirrel Cuckoo. We had a small group of three or four repeatedly calling and posturing as they moved through the canopy. American Flamingo.
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