10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2018
This weeks posting finds me north of the Whananaki area, which is north of Auckland, New Zealand. Unfortunately, there have been no new birds that I can check off my “Wish List” but if you have to hang out in a place, this is pretty awesome. Of those 95 species, 85 are new Lifers!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
A European Starling in New Zealand made the news this week. This particular species is not native to New Zealand (similar to its status in North America). In areas where starlings are introduced, the laws for keeping them as pets are relaxed.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2011
Although the only pine forests found in New Zealand are recent plantations of Northern Hemisphere Pinus species like the Monterey pine, the country does have native conifers. This is the kauri , Agathis austalis , the largest tree in New Zealand. A New Zealand Fantail refusing to fan its tail.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
You can’t say the same about migration: you can’t say that every book about birds is necessarily about migration, for the simple reason that only about 4,000 bird species migrate (with some 1,800 of those traveling long distances). (Well, purely physical attributes play a part, too: they’re pretty good looking.).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Since New Zealand is currently consumed by rugby fever and we haven’t the time to indulge in anything so tedious as birdwatching, I thought I’d dive back under the sea to introduce one of New Zealand’s most iconic aquatic organisms, the Australasian Snapper ( Pagrus auratus ).
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2017
In Wales people who slept in late – and female servants, who probably never slept in late in their lives – used to be beaten with holly branches for luck, although modern assault laws have largely ended the practice. And in Ireland, well… In Ireland they killed Wrens. And tied them to the top of sticks. Or does it?
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2018
New Zealand had been good, Australia was incredible, and South Africa was almost life altering. In the end, I ended up with 9 species, 4 of which were new to the list, the Black-crowned Sparrow Lark, White-checked Bulbo, House Crow , and the Indian Silverbill. Scotland Species: 94. Where do you go from there?
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