10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

A range of hills protects the cove from the eastern wind, yet, the bushes are swaying in the rythm of it. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. Still, we are sailing out of the marina soon and I should have some coffee before that. diomedea ).

Greece 242

Greece Malta Croatia Birds 242

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

A minor item, but I like to get these things right.) And, it is a guide based on scholarship as well as field work (author Reeber has monitored the birds of the Lac of Grand-Lieu, France, for the National Society for Nature Protection (SNPN) since 1994). Looking further, the book itself says ‘83’ in the introduction.

North America 161

North America Asia Europe America 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

I found this out last year, on a trip to France with my daughter Sarah. I did notice that many French dragonflies depicted on the Internet (at least those from northern and central France) are also found in Great Britain. Dragonfly and damselfly enthusiasts are not as fortunate, butterfly lovers just a little more so.

Ireland 180

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Isn’t that neat?

2011 254

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254