10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

They belong to the same species like those found back in Europe, Sus scrofa – which inhabits a belt stretching from northern Africa and Europe all the way to Indonesia, but a different subspecies, S.s. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea. House Swift Apus affinis. Lesser) Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis.

India 235

India Birds Eagles Boars 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2024

The first bird I saw in Saigon was less exotic though – a Eurasian Tree Sparrow. It seems a bit sad to me that a paper on the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the House Sparrow has to justify the need for research on these species by arguing this benefits humans: “Sparrow species … live in a close association with people.

Vietnam 180

Vietnam Zebras Birds Sparrows 180

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

During my previous five trips to Indonesia, I only heard but never caught a glimpse of three species. This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return. Yes, Dragan chose a sparrow.

2015 188

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). Weirdly, this bird is also described as a common pest in Indonesia, responsible for substantial losses of rice.

Birds 221

Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 221