10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

This is the hook that draws us into reading about and caring about migrant birds, that and the charisma of birds like Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Kirtland’s Warbler, Snowy Owl, and Amur Falcon. Many of these stories will be known to avid readers of environmental news items and social media.

Cyprus 257

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

The English language, or at least the adherents thereof with more time on their hands than sense, has bestowed us a great number of names to collective nouns for groups of birds. One website I found suggested a few others that may be true but I hadn’t encountered before, are young cranes actually called colts, or falcons eyas?

New Zealand 105

New Zealand Parrots Rats Bats 105

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2019

Near us, a bus stops and a group of about 30 Irish birders heavily armed with binoculars and scopes climb out… a sign for us to look for a more secluded spot. On a small ledge, a Peregrine Falcon stands and looks towards us, framed by the cliff on its left, and the blue of the sea to its right.

Terrapins 189

Terrapins Eagles Europe Rats 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here, thousands of Amur Falcons hunt for insects during the southern summer, Wattled Cranes and Denham’s Bustards may be seen, impressive Long-tailed Widowbirds display over the grasslands and the waterbodies are a haven to many hundreds of waterbirds, including Maccoa and White-backed Ducks. Photo by Adam Riley. Image by Adam Riley.

Lesotho 175

Lesotho Africa Birds Rats 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. The targeted age group is 6 to 11 years. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. Other Europeans came.

Puerto Rico 239

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2013

Near us, a bus stops and a group of about 30 Irish birders heavily armed with binoculars and scopes climb out… a sign for us to look for a more secluded spot. On a small ledge, a Peregrine Falcon stands and looks towards us, framed by the cliff on its left, and the blue of the sea to its right.

Spain 226

Spain Terrapins Eagles Europe 226