10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
How much do you know about owls? I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read. I don’t think so.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2014
Know what else kills grassland birds? Peep the new “ugly” baby ibis at the UK’s Kirkleatham Owl Centre. The last-of-its-kind bird that may have inspired the animated movie Rio is an ex-parrot. If you’ve got some downtime between barbecues and fireworks (or, outside of the U.S., Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif.,
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2024
He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. Long-toed Lapwing , Ashy Tit , Black-backed Cisticola , Lizard Buzzard , Meyer’s Parrot and Southern Black Tit were just some of my rewards (these were my lifers that day). It’s such a great place for birds.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Even in the with full-genome analysis, owls posed a bit of a problem, which the authors attribute to the rapid diversification following the K-Pg boundary.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
We can say with much certainty that the majority of people admire and are fascinated with the resplendent colors of macaws, parrots, toucans and hummingbirds. Little boys kill thousands of birds each year with slingshots. The illegal bird trade kills thousands of birds each year just in the manner they are smuggled.
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2018
Emus roam the open areas, and surprisingly, various parrots, lorikeets or cockatoos can be found in most any major grove of trees. This Wedge-tailed Eagle was sitting along side one of the roads, eyeing a small road killed Kangaroo. I had one huge target, one that I had missed while at Melbourne, the Powerful Owl.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
After bashing it on a branch to kill it, it did finally get it swallowed. I have had a tough time tracking down any owls, but we did find this pair of Pacific Screech Owls. Some of the highlights for here include my first Toucan, a Keel-billed Toucan, and the later in the day, a Collared Aracari.
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