10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2020
A single morning birding the thorny desert of Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley yielded several species at a rate I at times struggled to keep up with. While the group pursued the owl a little further, I became distracted by excited whispers in Swahili. Greyish Eagle-Owl. Pearl-spotted Owlet. Gambaga Flycatcher.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Tawny Owl , one of the first birds I remember seeing (at the age of five) Like most of us who watch birds, I enjoy listing. It was during this period that I took part in a bird race in Kenya, where I saw 290 species in one day, 442 in two. Thus in 48 hours I’d seen more species of birds than most people see in a lifetime in Britain.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2024
I’ve done a number of big days since, most notably in Kenya in 1986. To achieve our score, we started at dawn in Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya, from where we flew to the Rift Valley, then on to the Indian Ocean coast at Malindi. We continued until well after sunset, but both Little Owl and Barn Owl eluded us, as did Grey Partridge.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2014
Planning on birding Kenya? Peep the new “ugly” baby ibis at the UK’s Kirkleatham Owl Centre. News Bell Miner Birds Eurasian Blackbird kenya Zebra Finches' Eurasian Blackbirds living in cities have learned to keep their cool, compared with rural birds. Then you’ll want to check out this new book.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Aisles of exhibitors tempted visitors with birding trips to such far-flung locations as Colombia, Kenya, and Sri Lanka, and grown men and women got all kid-in-a-candy-store at the optics booths. including an enlightening visit by the Audubon Center’s resident Eastern Screech Owls , Scooter and Sam, and Great Horned Owl Oden (at right).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
After a good introduction called “The Miracle of Migration,” the substance of the book is organized not by strict taxonomy, but by “loose association” into six sections: Wildfowl and Diving Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds and Waders, Songbirds, Raptors and Owls, and “Other Bird Migrations.”.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
In my younger days I always kept year lists: my best ever year was 1986, when I topped the 1,000 mark thanks to trips to Australia, Kenya and various European destinations. Birdwatchers love making lists, with the year list one of the most important. Later in the month, a flock of several hundred Avocets on the River Alde was also memorable.
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