10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

The scope is worldwide; of the 24 birds depicted, five are from the Americas; five from Eurasia; three from New Zealand; two from Australasia; three from Africa; one from Africa and Asia; one from Antarctica; two worldwide, and two from Asia, introduced worldwide. © 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E. of Chicago Press, 2014).

Chicago 201

Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 201

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This makes it a particularly exciting time in New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup begins in two days, and the competition is being held right here in New Zealand (I would imagine they might be more excited if they hadn’t just lost two matches to Australia and South Africa, their big rivals in the Tri-Nations).

New Zealand 157

New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Birds 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

More importantly the airport in Nadi (pronounced Nandi) on the main island of Viti Levu is a major air hub and frequent stop on flights between the United States and Australia or New Zealand. But the star of Kadavu was also the easiest species to see in the village, the Crimson Shining-parrot.

Fiji 173

Fiji Solomon Islands Parrots Los Angeles 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

We miss them all: the parrots, the pigeons, the moas and titan-hawks and stilt-owls and myriads of endlessly exotic avifauna we will never ever know again as they were when they graced this Earth. As climates are transformed, habitats plundered, and nonnative fauna carried to virgin hunting grounds, extinction rates are increasing.

Marsupials 177

Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 177

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Not every huge white bird was a parrot though, and the lake also had a Great Egret among the Australian Grebes , Eurasian Coots and Dusky Moorhens. One of Australia’s prettiest parrots, the Crimson Rosella. I didn’t really see anything rare, but its a lovely place to reacquaint myself with the common stuff.

Australia 183

Australia Ducks Parrots New Zealand 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

They are one of the most attractive of Australia’s parrots, and one of the most common, benefiting from the planting of attractive flowering shrubs. The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks.

New Zealand 174

New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 174