10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2019

The week of President’s Day this year found me, my family, and some close friends spending a week in a beach house on Tybee Island, a low-lying, barrier island just east of Savannah. Boat-tailed Grackles were ubiquitous and at any time a Brown Pelican could fly overhead. I hope not! They are everywhere! It didn’t get any.

Georgia 171

Georgia Cats Neutering Birds 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

As we wandered along the trail we soon encountered family groups of both White-winged Fairywrens and Variegated Fairywrens. Little Black Cormorants and Australian Pelican. Australian Pelicans soaring in the thermals. Feral pigs. Orange Chat. Apparently they breed to the south and return to feed at Lake Bindegolly.

Feral 145

Feral Pelicans Ducks Pigs 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks. Magpie-larks are neither magpies nor larks but are the largest of the monarch-flycatchers, and the most terrestrial of the family.

New Zealand 170

New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Over President’s Day weekend my family and I took a much-needed break in Jamaica. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis. Brown Pelicans were always present and regularly dove for fish, as you can see in the above photo. Seeing as the a resort was focused on the beach and ocean I figured I would do the same.

Jamaica 167

Jamaica Mongoose Dominica Pelicans 167