10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
One of these clades holds a diversity of Old World species in several distinct groups, including an Australasian clade, the green-pigeons, the emerald- and wood-doves, the imperial-pigeons and fruit-doves (favorites of mine), and the subjects of our investigation today, the 15 known members of the Raphini. The Ones Who Didn’t Make It.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? Photo copyright The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, taken from the Guam Rail page. . It is extinct.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. 14 Jun 2018.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. 23 May 2018.
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2018
10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Who is going to tell the clans? Does Mel Gibson know? 23 May 2018.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2018
8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. 14 Jun 2018.
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