10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2021

In recent years Indonesia has been competing with the Andes as the region giving rise to the biggest number of undescribed bird species (naturally, all of them endemics). But since Indonesia has more than 1,700 bird species (and that many islands, too), why is this guide dealing only with 1,400? The first author, James A.

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Indonesia Timor Brunei Guinea 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Weirdly, this bird is also described as a common pest in Indonesia, responsible for substantial losses of rice. I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird. Possibly a survivor of siblicide (which would make it a killer, right?).

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 221

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

We follow the tire tracks in an off-white, salty soil and then, without a word of warning, our guide/driver turns into the bushes, driving left and right… until one and then another Short-eared Owl flushes in front of us. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea. The area is overgrown with low, thorny bushes.

India 235

India Birds Eagles Boars 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Perhaps I have missed my calling. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport.

Singapore 161

Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! But I do think this issue of hunting sandhill cranes goes beyond the right to hunt. Why not just shoot the biggest one? Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now.Or

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243