10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone! Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

Madagascar 241

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 241

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The lodge’s unique geotopographic positioning among the foothills that join the Caribbean lowlands to the cloud forests of Monteverde helps create important connectivity for the dispersal of several plant and animal species. We partner with the best guides in the area to provide unapparelled birding experiences.

Costa Rica 153

Costa Rica Reptiles Research Industry 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. That honor goes to the Gray-crowned Crane , a very sexy species in its own right. Having finally seen this iconic species, I can assure you that the experience wildly exceeds expectations.

Uganda 261

Uganda Africa Birds Penguins 261

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

An expanse of habitat as vast as Murchison Falls NP in Uganda, as excessively generous in beauty and biodiversity, permits endless ways to experience both its birds and animals. Plus, any place you can see both 15 different raptors and 15 different mammals in the same day sounds worth a visit, doesn’t it? Mind boggling, I answer!

Uganda 185

Uganda Senegal Africa Game 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 And in June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica Backwaters will finally become officially protected in July.

Serbia 275

Serbia Deer Protection Boars 275

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2017

The third weekend in April, when we birders in the northeastern United States start to go stir crazy, convinced that the wood-warblers should all be back by now and lamenting the species that we have not yet seen. Of course, many focus on mammals, particularly bunnies, on Easter weekend, but Mike was more interested in another mammal he saw.

2017 100

2017 United States Mammals Panama 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

After securing our passage, I patiently waited for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to a place we have never been and lacked any knowledge of, we were in for a complete surprise. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species. Salvin’s Prion.

South Africa 263

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You may remember back in 2017 when Nate participated in this trip or maybe you followed along in 2018 as the Birdchick dazzled us with her experiences there. Uganda boasts a checklist of well over one thousand species of birds and host of mammals, reptiles, and interesting insects.

Uganda 154

Uganda Africa Gorillas Reptiles 154

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. I clearly needed a mammal book. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.).

Asia 176

Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

The selections appear to largely reflect Hauber’s personal experiences around the world and he does occasionally bring himself into the essay, reflecting on a European Robin he observes at dusk in northwestern Germany or searching for American Robin nests on a tree farm in the Midwestern United States. of Chicago Press, 2014).

Chicago 178

Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

The area is one of the most important in Greece for birds, comprising more than 270 species. Finally, of the at least 20 species of mammals present here, the otter, the jackal, and the wildcat certainly deserve a mention. Yet, much closer to me, on a bare salty ground, a little brown bird took flight singing her heart out.

Greece 182

Greece Pelicans Birds Otters 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

But, I did take many photos, and used the book, in spurts during the trip and more closely afterward, to identify three seabird species, two expected (Sooty and Black-vented Shearwaters) and one a surprise. It does not include near-shore, coastal species, like Brown Pelican, Elegant Tern, and Harbor Seal.

Dolphins 162

Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Dorian’s gregarious personality and self-deprecating sense of humor makes even the most meditative sections one of a piece with his birding experiences, producing a good read that may make you think. Are there butterfly or mammal big years? (If Plus tales of birding from the point of view of the traveling cyclist.

Birds 213

Birds Los Angeles Massachusetts New York City 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. The idea of Lost Animals was conceived after the publication of Extinct Birds (2001), a 400-page, four-pound book on 75 extinct species.

Animal 267

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2012

Before I get into the nitty-gritties of my awesome birding experiences in Hungary I thought I would just share a few of the shots that I got during the trip. My life list has increased by 33 which, considering I tallied 137 species during the trip (out of the 160 that the group got), is a pretty significant total.

Hungary 174

Hungary Hedgehogs Birds Blackbirds 174

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. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). So, I need to find something else to say about this species.

Raccoons 213

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2016

Perhaps the best experience of the two days I spend offshore was not a bird, but a mammal. As it was when a small pod of Gervais’ Beaked Whales, small whales that look like bulked up Bottlenosed Dolphins tolerated our approach and allowed us to have a surreal experience with this mysterious marine mammal.

Whales 100

Whales Whaling North Carolina Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I don’t mind that they share the world with other creatures, and I have even developed an appreciation for mammals, reptiles and amphibians – but only so long as watching them doesn’t collide with my finding birds. species found only around the Mediterranean or in Europe’s Southeast.

Europe 165

Europe Mammals Animal Birds 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2012

Jeff Gordon and I were wandering around the seriously disturbed habitat behind the airport hotel we stayed in outside of Budapest when a bizarre mammal about the size of an opossum crossed the path in front of us. There are seventeen species of hedgehog found across Europe, Asia, and Africa, the only places where hedgehogs are native.

Hedgehogs 169

Hedgehogs Hungary Opossums North America 169

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

and dreaming of a place where the heat is moderate, beer snake-cold and birds innumerable… Let’s say, where the average annual maximum varies from 22 to 24 degrees Celsius / 72 to 75 Fahrenheit and where some 700+ bird species – 24 of them endemic – are waiting for an intrepid birder… Answer to the riddle?

Africa 130

Africa Uganda Gorillas Rwanda 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. A harem male grooms one of his females. Photo by Adam Riley. Photo by Adam Riley.

Ethiopia 160

Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Africa is famous for its large, charismatic mammals, and the Big Five epitomize the most sought-after of these fantastic beasts. As visitors’ and the public’s interests expanded from the Big Five, and an appreciation for lesser mammals, birds and smaller wildlife has became more widespread, the term Little Five was coined.

Buffalo 201

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

I had my first swim with Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins in Northland’s Bay of Islands back in 2000, and it was a tripy experience. Leaving from the harbour on boats were tours to swim with one of New Zealand’s most endangered mammal species, the Hector’s Dolphin. It wasn’t long before we saw them, either.

Dolphins 155

Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 155

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. But his class was only one of two in the U.S., Think about it for a minute.

2018 264

2018 Agenda Science Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Greater and Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures are so similar that for a long time were thought to be the same species. The fact that one, the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, acted so differently and favored a different habitat alerted ornithologists to look closer and determine that indeed they were two separate species.

Mice 166

Mice Killing Turkey Mammals 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. Most likely, all individuals of a given species have very similar genes guiding very similar developmental processes, but produce different results because the plasticity itself is selected for.

Birds 119

Birds Research Humane Pets 119

Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. This is also present in birds & mammals, however it is not fully present in fish & amphibians. But the structure of reptile brains shows that they are more akin to mammals & birds.

Pythons 40

Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Run along the same lines as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, the site has had a large fence placed around it and the introduced mammals removed. Rare species, like North Island Brown Kiwi , have been reintroduced.

New Zealand 160

New Zealand Sanctuary Mammals Wildlife 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Betty’s Bay was also a great place to see all of South Africa’s cormorant species, including the endangered Bank Cormorant. We observed far fewer Lesser Flamingos, a near-threatened species. It was the first of six bustard species I would see over the course of both trips. And then there were the Flamingos.

South Africa 253

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

It brings mammals, and frogs in profusion, and reptiles, and insects. It was the perfect experience, the guide had astonishing eyes and found things we would have passed over if we had been alone. We found some more sleeping birds, lots of frogs, and a Lesser Mousedeer – a new species for me! Or nothing big at least.

Badgers 154

Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Paging through a fieldguide, it’s always with a sense of dismay and sadness that I come across reference to an extinct species. Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). This bird was kept in captivity until it died a year later.

Madagascar 237

Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 237

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2017

But for millions of years up until now you haven’t had an international audience of thousands of highly social mammals with their own particular quirks and evolutionary strategies watching your every move around the clock. They want an authentic nature experience, but a relatable authentic nature experience.

Bald Eagle 100

Bald Eagle Belize Iowa Eggs 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s fascinating stuff. Most of the chapters in The Bird Way focus on one or two scientists who has done extensive research on ‘outlier behavior.’ Most of the chapters in The Bird Way focus on one or two scientists who has done extensive research on ‘outlier behavior.’

Research 221

Research Birds Science Costa Rica 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

White-bellied Parrot was one of many target species at either of the canopy towers. ” At first light, many of the larger canopy species commute and call from the canopy: parrots, cotingas, guans, and toucans. 4:30AM: It is time to wake up! Time to wash up, get dressed, and meet the clients for breakfast.

Otters 160

Otters Parrots Birds Brazil 160

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

It has also found its way to Japan where it is considered to be an invasive species. Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. As noted, the fish-like mammals do this as well. Catfish in the range of 1.0

Fish 202

Fish Birds Whales Whaling 202

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Despite, or maybe because of the active human intervention, quite a few species can be seen in a couple hours in the morning. (I I averaged forty species on my visits and I imagine that if my ear was more attuned to the chip notes of southern California birds I could come up with more.) Have you had a cool Coyote encounter?

Coyotes 101

Coyotes California Mammals Sparrows 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2011

One of only two species in the plover genus Thinornis , the other being Australia’s Hooded Plover , this species is another New Zealand endemic. Actually, it’s one I originally thought was endemic to the Chatham Islands, a group of islands to the east of the main islands that hosts endemic species like the Black Robin.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Penguins Endangered Species Species 161