10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This location is great as it is close to Jeanne’s Family, as well as a very short drive to the Billy Frank Jr. In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. Despite all this red tape stuff, I am still making some time for birding. Nisqually NWR.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 121

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2018

New Zealand had been good, Australia was incredible, and South Africa was almost life altering. We have been dragging him thru every bird spot possible, so he could go to Scotland to see where his family is from. Speaking of Bank Swallows , here is one of those family groups. Where do you go from there?

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Qatar Sparrows South Africa Africa 112

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

It is a fascinating book that teaches while it entertains, that offers research-informed arguments for bird protection and conservation in the guise of vibrant design. The Takahe, a large flightless bird endemic to New Zealand, was thought to be extinct, and then was rediscovered in 1948.

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Albatross Birds Campaign Protection 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

It’s kind of an odd spot, a mix of protected wetland and mangroves mixed with some manicured lawns and parking. Also known as the Flyeater, this tiny bird is the only representative of the Australasian warbler family found in mainland Asia, and very similar to my own Grey Warblers in New Zealand, even their songs.

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Thailand New Zealand Family Bats 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

If you’re into family ticks, and into armchair ticks, well, I hope you’ve been to New Zealand, because the island just got another endemic bird family. That the three species of mohoua (genus Mohoua ) are New Zealand’s newest family is hardly a surprise. Say hello to the Mohouidae.

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Family New Zealand Birds Parrots 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. There is a large family of frogs, Bufonidae, that includes most of the warty, hoppy creatures we think of as toads.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. New Zealand: The Didn’t Bloody Even See It Award. I saw a number of lifers this year in New Zealand, but my bird of the year is one I heard but didn’t see.

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United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) small families putting less pressure on the adult members of the family). In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2013

On my last visit, which lastes four days, I didn’t have much time to sneak away from family, but I did get to check out two new sites. The reserve protects a stand of mahogany swamp that attracts large numbers of nectar feeding birds when they flower in the winter.

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Albatross Rats Belize New Zealand 151

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2011

So, inspired by a similar article on road birding in Thailand, I present road birding in New Zealand. As with any kind of road birding, birding as a car passenger in New Zealand generally restricts the kind of birds you’re going to see. 2) Masked Plover Masked Plover ( Vanellus miles ) by James Reed.

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New Zealand Birds Thailand Falcons 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

Royal National Park is one of the jewels of Sydney, a massive park that protects a huge swathe of coastal bush (bush in the Australian sense meaning anything from rainforest to coastal scrub) to the south of the city. And reach it I did earlier this year, after I got back from my jaunt up north to Cairns but before I returned to New Zealand.

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New Zealand Cooking Species Collecting 180

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Another native bird that quickly showed itself to me in the capital was the Polynesian Triller , a member of the cuckoo-shrike family. In particular there was a large are protected on the eastern side of the island (about a third of the island) as ‘Eua National Park.The island is less populated and quieter.

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Tonga Fiji New Zealand Parrots 160