10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right. However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2021

Mid-May to Mid-Jun is the best time to see some of the most exciting species here, as this is the prime breeding time. For another species, the Firethroat , it meant I only got acceptable views rather than the really good ones reportedly possible a few weeks earlier.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2024

We met Marilyn and Leonardo at a non-descript fast-food joint’s parking lot and within 10 minutes we were in Parque Nacional La Estanzuela. The day was only minutes old and we already had 32 species on the day list. Several of my clients sponsor a project right near the parrot cliff. This was going to be epic.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.” And it does not even live in reeds.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2018

They wait for the winds to be right for a lake watch, sea watch, or hawk watch. Instead of seeking out their own discoveries they follow in the footsteps of others and seek out species already seen. They put themselves in the lines of hurricanes. They wait for others to find birds and they chase them. That is, they twitch.

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Fast Food Game Birds Rights 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2016

We saw Common Gallinules , a nice male Rose-breasted Grosbeak , Bald Eagles , and a Great Horned Owl among the fifty-three species for our checklist. And the highlight of our herpetological highlights was a Northern Watersnake that Mike stepped right over without noticing it sitting in a freshet. (In All was not lost though.

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New York Bald Eagle McDonalds Fast Food 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Many of the common species can be seen here, probably in this order; White-eared Bulbul , Red-vented Bulbul , Eurasian Hoopoe , Purple Sunbird , Graceful Prinia , Indian Roller. My personal list for Safa Park runs to 40+, but upwards of 200 species have been recorded here over the years. Gates are open from 08.00am ’til 10.00pm.

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