10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You are certain to see Greater One-horned Rhinoceros , Water Buffalo and Hog Deer , and with a bit of luck Smooth-coated Otters. Here we look for sandgrouse, bush-quails, francolins, wheatears, shrikes, Laggar Falcons , eagles, buzzards, and the endangered Stolikza’s Bush Chat. Or you may like to join us on a Rajashtan Tour?

India 181

India Wildlife Tigers Eagles 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

the Forest Falcons – UK. A huge surprise was the addition of an entirely new species for Peru, a Black Swift , found by the Forest Falcons team. Besides the birds, the teams were distracted by half a dozen primate species and rare Giant River Otters. The E-Birders – Cornell, USA. The Ararajubas – Brazil.

Peru 218

Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 218

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The best bird was one lovely Common Chiffchaff that was very hard to locate in the thick crown of an old juniper tree, followed by one mysterious small falcon. Up the dirt track next to a hilltop church is not particularly productive at this time of year. It disappeared behind a tree in a split second, showing me only its back view.

Greece 252

Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

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.

Lesotho 164

Lesotho Africa Birds Rats 164

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Instead of a Pterodactyl, we had one rare Orange-breasted Falcon by the mountain top, which greeted us in the scope-view. This is how 100 years ago Sir Arthur Conan Doyle described a particular sighting over the top of one of these tepui mountains in his 1912 novel The Lost World.

Dolphins 256

Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 256

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Such activity hardly goes unnoticed by piratical and falcon-like Parasitic Jaegers and the larger, more thickset and not as common Pomarine Jaegers , readily on the lookout for a kleptoparasitic feeding opportunity along the outermost reefs.

Albatross 177

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 177