10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book. Mexico border.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2021
I saw the Spectacled Bulbul at Taman Negara, Malaysia – an awful place for bird photography. The Grey-cheeked Bulbul (Taman Negara, Malaysia) essentially looks like a couple of other bulbuls. So does the Ochraceous Bulbul (Fraser`s Hill, Malaysia). White is the new black, I hear, but this is confusing.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2021
The peninsular Malaysia is not covered, yet it lies within the distribution maps and the bird ranges are depicted in it, too, but only of the species living within the Indonesian Archipelago and not those from the Asian mainland exclusively. The inner covers are adorned with a map of the region covered. The first author, James A.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2016
Baird’s Trogon : Unlike a sparrow of the same name, Baird scored big on beautiful colors with this bird. Riverside Wren : One of the more handsome wrens, this near endemic seems to be imitating some babbler species from Malaysia. Another regional endemic, it’s actually more common further south.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 31, 2012
The first of these was in the fine capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Finally as I lounged in the pool after a long night’s flight and a hard days slogging in the humitity I did managed to add Asian Koel , Olive-backed Sunbird and Tree Sparrows. In this case I wasn’t too bothered, as I was returning for a week on the way back.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Parque do Ibirapuera. 14 Jul 2017. Old Spye Road. 01 Jan 2017.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2024
The first bird I saw in Saigon was less exotic though – a Eurasian Tree Sparrow. It seems a bit sad to me that a paper on the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the House Sparrow has to justify the need for research on these species by arguing this benefits humans: “Sparrow species … live in a close association with people.
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