10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

To us on the traditional side of the Atlantic, they’ll always belong to the family Iznogoudae , the birds who want to become warblers instead of the warblers. As we move from Spain towards the east however, it starts getting interesting as soon as we reach Italy. And do they ever try so hard.

Sparrows 208

Sparrows Italy Asia Austria 208

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2015

The real Gung-Ho, Kung-Fu birders would have drove to this site at midnight and just slept in the car or looked for owls until the dawn chorus in excellent middle elevation rainforest but since we have families, and I hate being exhausted and zombie-eyed from lack of sleep, more leisurely birding was just peachy.

Costa Rica 173

Costa Rica Chile Nicaragua San Jose 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

But, the numbers are quite large, and the birds organized in groupings that, for the most part, make it an easy process to figure out which Antwren (or Woodcreeper or Seedeater) is which. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families.

Bolivia 167

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Europe… with such low herp diversity the locals split any sub-population of a species that occurs on either the Iberian Peninsula or Italy as a new species just to make them feel better out themselves, naturally is the continent that rose to the top of my trip list. Either that or having family friends in Germany.

Salamander 137

Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 137

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

And while most of these introduction attempts failed, the species has now become firmly established as a “countable” species in several areas of France and Italy, and even Spain so far as I was able to find out. Celebrated awesomeness: Trips Europe invasive species Italy'

Italy 176

Italy Europe France Family 176