10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2012

Kazakhstan, May 2009 During the two days spent out in the steppe in Kazakhstan I couldn’t help but notice the sheer number of flowers that dotted the grassy steppe. Was it part of some gigantic-scale gardening project planned by the Soviets when Kazakhstan was a part of the USSR?

Sri Lanka 202

Sri Lanka Kazakhstan 2009 Portugal 202

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Small birds in flight are impossible This digiscoped Kingfisher in India was happy to pose It was on a trip to western Sicily that I was introduced for the first time to the solution. One of my clients had brought with him his new Olympus digital camera, an EM-1.

Birds 238

Birds Cyprus Portugal Estonia 238

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2014

And finally, a few years back, I got them in India – at every other wetland. Further north, in Poland, they used to write off all Ruddy Shelducks recorded, assuming they were escapees, until they found one ringed in Kazakhstan! Some ten years ago, I almost found Ruddy Shelducks near Bodrum, in western Turkey.

Serbia 243

Serbia Ducks Poland Kazakhstan 243

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

The eastern form breeds as far away as Kazakhstan, through India and the Middle East into Egypt’s Nile Valley, and migrates southwards to East and South Africa. Two populations exist, the westernmost breeds in the western Sahara (e.g. Morocco and Algeria) and migrates to tropical West Africa.

Africa 265

Africa South Africa Gabon Uganda 265