10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Owls as a group, for instance, have gone from omens of doom to adorable hipster mascots – I blame J. Another traditionally trendsetting group of scary birds that have evolved past their original branding of late are the corvids. The rails, as a group, are strong contenders.

Birds 166

Birds Owls Branding Horses 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Fair parts of the property were used to cultivate different crops, some areas were pasture for cows and horses, and other areas were covered in forest that was meant to be logged, selectively or otherwise. The bird came to the edge of the forest and even waited long enough for everyone in the group to see it through the scope!

Costa Rica 174

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Farming 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

My colleague Doug wrote me an email describing the whereabouts of these “rosy finches” and my wife had to manage my excitement with horse tranquilizer… What a fantastic little birds. I was high and happy, not from “420” drugs but from the altitude and the anticipation of seeing woodpeckers and owls I had never seen before.

Denver 179

Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2013

I cajoled my friends into a trip up to Polson to see the Snowy Owls. Besides the owls themselves, I promised them the best pie in Montana, which is to be found in the Ronan Cafe. We passed through a town called Paradise, Montana, where a woman was leading a horse across the lawn of the post office. We saw not an owl either.

Bald Eagle 154

Bald Eagle Montana Owls Eagles 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The consultant also suggested increasing readership by catering to highly specific niche interest groups. The Latin name of the Bull-headed Shrike is bucephalus, which apparently means big-headed or bull-headed, rather than being named after Alexander’s horse Bucephalus (which had been my guess). Not this one though.

Birds 213

Birds China Eggs Owls 213

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2013

In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and India, where he chased that country’s rarest owl. We look forward to many more missives from Dragan. The road follows the riverbank overgrown with reeds.

Spain 234

Spain Terrapins Eagles Europe 234