10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

Morocco 215

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 215

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

Dissection 209

Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The entry on eBird (number 89) cites its citizen science basis as looking “very much like the future for online bird recording”, but then veers into a description of BirdTrack, the British database, rather than discussing the financial sustainability of the Cornell project.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

9 beats, birded 9 countries this month; Belize , Guatamala , Costa Rica, UK, Iran, USA, Greece, Australia and Mexico. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Eastern Egg Rock. 27 May 2017. Black Guillemot – Cepphus grylle. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia – small, non-descript and even harder to spot – at the Kerkini Lake in Greece in April: We were hastily getting out of the van and, at the same time, it took N. – At least she contributed to science… My Best Bird of the Year was a Snowy Plover , which I first spotted along the Florida Panhandle.

2015 180

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 180