10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2024

It was dark when we reached our accommodation in the hillside village of Pachna, where we were greeted by a duet of Scops Owls. According to the taxonomists, these weren’t regular Scops Owls ( Otus scops ) but the endemic Cyprus Scops Owl ( Otus cyprius ). They are noisy birds, and impossible to overlook.

Cyprus 229

Cyprus Breeders Falcons Hunters 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2012

Along with her team (including her lover Jenny Sparks, the living Spirit of the Twentieth Century) she destroyed an alternate Italy to prevent the invasion of her world and took over the United States in order to run it better than Congress. This is not comic heroism as you remember it. This is not comic heroism as you remember it.

DC 235

DC Phoenix Birds Falcons 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2015

The real Gung-Ho, Kung-Fu birders would have drove to this site at midnight and just slept in the car or looked for owls until the dawn chorus in excellent middle elevation rainforest but since we have families, and I hate being exhausted and zombie-eyed from lack of sleep, more leisurely birding was just peachy.

Costa Rica 179

Costa Rica Chile Nicaragua San Jose 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Vidoz’s flycatchers, for example, tend to have a plumpish look and deeply inked color patches, while Tofte’s meticulously drawn hawks and owls show off their detailed patterns and his hummingbirds are often accompanied by the flowers from which they feed. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!)

Bolivia 181

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 02 Dec 2019. 29 Dec 2019.

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2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 179