10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

At the snowy Danube riverbank, we are waiting for geese to come to their roost inside the mostly submerged island. A shot or two coming from the opposite bank, but they do not sound like geese shooting – more like boar hunting. warns me of two locally rare Bean Geese. An hour and 20,000+ geese later, we head back.

Geese 168

Geese Hunting Boars Birds 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

A Great Egret , a few Pygmy Cormorants and, by the middle of the Danube, about a hundred Greylag Geese. Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us.

Geese 139

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 139

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

The bird is very mobile and it requires long walks on extremely muddy farm roads until we – I had coincidentally met Michael Schmolz there, a birding friend from the mid-1980s! Feral Pigeon Columba livia f. – finally find it on a corn field just before sunset. A Willow Tit is also noteworthy.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2011

A self introduced native, it is very common in farmed areas and you’ll even have to swerve to miss them as they feed on roadkill! Feral Turkey are also quite common. As well as this species you might see Black Swans , Canada Geese and of course Mallards and Mallard/Grey Duck hybrids everywhere as well.

New Zealand 172

New Zealand Birds Thailand Falcons 172