10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2023
The Skylarks and Northern Wheatears in the barren fields attract all four European species of harrier (but no Montagu’s for Christmas, sorry). The unsponsored suffering I must endure for this blog… Those pastries are amazing, but if you are a bit peckish: at the Casa they serve a good lunch too.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Despite my best efforts and despite seeing around 200 Canada Geese , I had no luck with the Specklebelly. I saw lots of Canada Geese – about 450 – but no Greater White-fronted Goose. What a marvelous sight my seventh goose (and 313th species) for Queens was! The morning wasn’t a total loss though.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2016
There are a few, mostly confined to domestic or game birds that people may be familiar with at all stages of their lives – young pigeons are squabs, ducks are duckings, swans are cygnets, geese are gosling. They may be, but the names haven’t caught on. Jackbirds are young South Island Saddlebacks.
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2024
Barnacle Geese even made it to “agricultural pest” status. Southern Spain has been suffering from a long-term drought for a few years already. I was going on a quest for a single species – something I normally just don’t do. The top birders for this hotspot have seen close to 100 species. Water security isn’t easy.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2016
By the cliffs we find several Eurasian Crag-Martins and a consolation species – a family of Golden Eagles in the air! The next morning is for the Kerkini Lake, one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only ten years ago, in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 312 bird species. What to say?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 23, 2023
Black-winged Stilt near and on the highway There are still over forty species of birds to be found along the highway across Roebuck Plains, but the tall vegetation can be problematic. There are several Swamp Harriers that upset the birds and then you do find there are more species present than are initially visible.
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2016
Most of the trip was taken up with family meals and nights on the town with friends (and suffering a bit in the morning), but I did get away to do some birding in Melbourne’s top birding spot which isn’t so much a dump as the pits. Cape Barren Geese by JJ Harrison ( Creative Commons ). They certainly look prehistoric.
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