10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

The lodge also has a raised saltwater pool – no excessive digging nor abrasive scent of chlorine in the rainforest – from which one can observe flocks of Crested Oropendolas attending to their pendulous nests in the nearby trees under the watchful eye of a Piratic Flycatcher.

Trinidad 168

Trinidad Parrots Species Hunting 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? However, if we accept that some old reports were this species and not the very similar and easily confused Bat Falcon , it’s pretty likely that a few Orange-breasteds did hunt for Band-tailed Pigeons , parakeets, parrots, and other birds over the canopy of rainforests at the base of the Costa Rican mountains.

Costa Rica 219

Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 219

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Broad-billed Parrot. What right do we have to even exist when our very existence as humanity is what has caused a rate of extinction not seen except during cataclysmic events? Most people oppose large-scale, indiscriminate, hunting of birds but it still happens all over the world. Passenger Pigeon. Alaotra Grebe. Drink coffee?

Mauritius 171

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 171

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. And if we keep exploring the undelved nooks and crannies of our globe, we’re sure to make up the difference, right? What a horror!

Marsupials 169

Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

On a quick browse, here are some facts I learned: Melanin helps to resist bacteria that attack feathers; most parrots are left-footed and this is associated with problem-solving; some birds nest in two different places in the same year. (Also, I wish I could use the tiny birds for my own presentations. Is a free digital download possible?)

2020 264

2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The bush on the left has been burned recently, the unburnt right is much taller and dominated by Casuarina. I’ve had a couple of great encounters with this species hunting lizards and frogs in the more open woodland areas, and of course it’s evocative call is a common sound anywhere there are enough trees.

Protection 158

Protection Species Australia Shelters 158