10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
It is hard to imagine any birder not liking woodpeckers – they are the “motherhood and apple pie” of the avian world. The Bearded Woodpecker (Mkuze, South Africa) does not really look any more bearded than many other woodpeckers. It is the most widespread woodpecker in Africa, claims the HBW.
10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2024
But while humans mainly try to stay slim and fit for health reasons, Eurasian Siskins care more about the danger of being eaten. Bird pairs were observed over time – it seems that (unlike in humans, particularly US Americans, these days) most pairs lasted until the death or disappearance of one of the two birds.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2018
The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. Gila Woodpecker. As a youngster who loved to read, I thought the best way to stop this assault was with words. Public lands at risk. Image by NPCA. Cactus Wren.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. Still, a few photos as reminders: Great Hornbill … … Oriental Pied Hornbill … … and Wreathed Hornbill.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Not sure why they spend time in Shanghai in winter when they could come here though, but then again, I usually do not understand most of the behavior of humans either. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt and picus , which means woodpecker, with the ti that connects the two parts possibly also having some kind of meaning.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2018
According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. In the months after a fire, wildlife populations can suffer substantial losses due to habitat alteration and destruction. This is about 35 miles West of my home.
10,000 Birds
MAY 29, 2011
We added very few birds here and there but mostly just suffered on our bikes as we tried Hidden Valley one more time, hoping to get the Bobolink that only Clay had heard earlier or the Eastern Bluebird that only Brian had managed to hear. Hoping for Red-headed Woodpecker we found instead a Red-tailed Hawk.
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