10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

I am inside the city of Belgrade, checking the theoretically possible Peregrine Falcon site. Yet, not a trace of a falcon. ” Falcons do hunt pigeons, we all know that, but what is a Kamikaze pigeon? This time it is not in Serbia, but in Zurich, Switzerland, where this particular Serbian pigeon fancier / blogger lives.

Switzerland 197

Switzerland Serbia Feral Falcons 197

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Smaller raptors were either European Sparrowhawks (true hawks) or Eurasian Kestrels (falcons). We stayed with friends in the tiny French town of Cessy, and there I saw my second European woodpecker species, the handsome Great Spotted Woodpecker. One sang very insistently outside our lodgings in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Switzerland 112

Switzerland Austria Europe Spain 112

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). Personally, I love exploring new hotspots and discovering new or unusual species when visiting a country. This phase is to familiarize with the species that can be seen. Search for my target species (i.e.

Serbia 139

Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 139

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

Bolivia 176

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. 18 Oct 2019.

2019 117

2019 China Battery Jamaica 117