10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

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? The site also seemed to suggest a few that seemed flat out wrong; parrotlets aren’t baby parrots, they are a type of small parrot, same with owlets and peeps.

New Zealand 118

New Zealand Parrots Rats Bats 118

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

As things appear to be returning to normal, The UK suffered its worst ever week for Covid infections. 262 Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. 266 Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. 269 White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. 270 Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis.

Woodpeckers 264

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Each spread (text and plate) is prefaced with the names of the family (common and scientific names, e.g., ‘Parrots Psittacidae’) and a 1-4 line paragraph summarizing common identification features and distribution. I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger.

America 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The Management are still in Africa, suffering the buffering that comes with remoteness. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. Red-necked Falcon – Falco chicquera. Lanner Falcon – Falco biarmicus. Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus. Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri.

2019 166

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 166