10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
I wanted Penguins. The African Penguins (formerly known as Jackass Penguins) were pretty much a “gotcha”, but I was still tremendously excited to see them on two field trips–the Boulders colony by False Bay and at the Stony Point colony at Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape. And Sunbirds.
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.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2012
Heroes, mind, you won’t find the Penguin here. 9: Swift What would happen if instead of sending the Joker and Lex Luthor off to jail each time Superman and Batman caught them, instead they just killed them? 10: Songbird Mellissa Gold was for many years the Marvel supervillain Screaming Mimi.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. This major radiation of water-adapted birds includes loons, penguins, and the remarkable tubenoses along with a variety of totipalmate and wading birds. The new tree confirms Hackett et al.’s
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Cano Negro/Rio Frio flooded fields.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena.
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