10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect.

Chicago 181

Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2016

For example, I recall some fine memorable mornings at the Tambopata Research Center where I walked into the forest, sat on a bench, and identified more than 120 species before breakfast, almost all of them by sound. That said, this year, it barely happened, and that disturbing experience brings me to my next point.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Birds Species 100