10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
Next door to my hometown, the Gulf Breeze Zoo occupies 50 acres near the Santa Rosa Sound. On large islands shaded with multiple trees, a family of orangutans and another of gorillas lounged in the green grass. A few weeks later, I returned to the zoo, and sure enough, the nest was empty. Had they merely hatched?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
36, if my counting is right and there has been no very recent split or lump. Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. This post shows some of them. There probably is a Billy Bragg song about them.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2024
Ruili is a Chinese city right on the border to Myanmar, and a major border crossing. A paper on the Little Cormorant is titled “Activities of the Little Cormorant , Phalacrocorax niger (Vieillot) in relation to sunlight in captivity” Not only was this study done in a zoo, which should seriously affect the relevance of the result.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2021
The losing streak of the bulbul family continues with some other species such as the … … Dark-capped Bulbul (Drakensberg area, South Africa; eBird: “a rather nondescript thrush-sized brown bird”) … … White-eared Bulbul (Mumbai, eBird: “a dull gray-brown bulbul). Thus the Cape Bulbul.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2018
It seems his family of 5, had rented a condo that sleeps 8, at Atlantis Resort, on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. While this trip was primarily scheduled as a family rest/rest/vacation outing, with 13 days left in my Little Big Year, that plan is mostly out of the question. If we could get there, all other expenses were covered.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2018
We pulled into the parking lot, got out of the car, and before I’d even had a chance to pull my binoculars out of my backpack, an adult eagle soared right over our heads. Although this bad behavior may run in the overall eagle Family.) I swooned, too transfixed to grab my camera, and marveled at the bird’s majesty.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. But, what about the rights of those who cannot defend themselves? Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs.
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