10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. A quick comparison of how raptor species are depicted in Eastern Birds as compared to the photographic images in Raptors shows that each title has unique images. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk.

North America 222

North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 222

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2018

I have now flown to New Zealand, in search of as many new bird species as I can track down, at a semi-pedestrian pace, mixed with some normal tourist activities. Along the way, I saw Australian Magpies, Rooks , one very beautiful New Zealand Falcon , and several Australian Harriers. It’s all about March 1st. It is gone.

New Zealand 100

New Zealand Los Angeles Seattle Parrots 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

In addition to splits, selected rare visitors have been added (Lesser Sand-Plover, Zenaida Dove, Red-vented Bulbul and African Collared-Dove are some of the species new to the East book, Streaked Shearwater, Stonechat, Red-flanked Bluetail and Japanese White-eye are some of the West adds), and selected exotics.

North America 171

North America 2003 Birds America 171