10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Especially if they are competing for attention with multiple species of large mammals at a watering hole. Speaking of sparrows, we managed to see several species, many of which were within Nairobi city limits. Late one evening I photographed this Parrot-billed Sparrow dust-bathing in near darkness.

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Sparrows Mammals Game Parrots 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

If you’ve read my posts before you’d know I’ve written at length about the devastating effects of introduced mammals in New Zealand, and also of the ways that New Zealanders have been working to save their species from those same mammals. If the money is raised he will match it to get the work underway.

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Mice New Zealand Albatross Mammals 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. But that may have helped me to see them – the species is quite nomadic and settles wherever there is rain. Ok, back to the (presumably non-sacred, certainly non-mummified) Australian species. In a paper published in 1938 (!),

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Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

Third, which we already suspected, bird brains are adjusted to provide extra smartness in a way not seen in mammals. Bird, at least the ones that fly, can’t afford this kind of waste, so bird brains have evolved to be much more efficient than mammal brains. City Great Tit ( Parus major ) telomeres shortened.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. At this hour I am a reluctant, under-caffeinated sherpa – and concentration must be given to the dangers of the footpath ahead.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

White-bellied Parrot was one of many target species at either of the canopy towers. ” At first light, many of the larger canopy species commute and call from the canopy: parrots, cotingas, guans, and toucans. The high pitched screech of White-bellied Parrot ? 4:30AM: It is time to wake up!

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Otters Parrots Birds Brazil 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This is a bit of a rabbit hole, however, and you may find yourself, as I did, spending the day watching videos of Superb Lyrebirds singing and Kea Parrots making snowballs. It’s fascinating stuff. Most of the chapters in The Bird Way focus on one or two scientists who has done extensive research on ‘outlier behavior.’

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 237

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

There are also dry areas but this great diversity has resulted in an incredible bird list of over 900 species including Africa’s 2nd highest count of endemics (after South Africa). A two-week birding tour could expect around 400 species and up to 550 in 3 weeks, including sightings of most of Ethiopia’s endemic and near-endemic birds.

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Ethiopia Eritrea Africa Mammals 273

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2017

1,712 species, 12% of which are endemics. News flash–I just received the trip report from Carlos, and the tally is 419 species recorded, of which 16 were heard only; plus Ian and I saw an additional species before the tour started, courtesy of Paulo Boute. Oh my gosh! I shouldn’t have been surprised. Any suggestions?

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Brazil Birds Los Angeles Tigers 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Most likely, all individuals of a given species have very similar genes guiding very similar developmental processes, but produce different results because the plasticity itself is selected for. Part of that research was to document human avoidance by ground mammals, and that was stark and apparent.

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Birds Research Humane Pets 127

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

First, he was mostly focused on the mammals. The antwren had been elevated to species level and Hilton is just a sucker for anything Paulista, and besides, who needs a reason to go birding? He will show you mammals like Capibara but doesn’t let it get in the way of birding. Without them I would still be searching.

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Birds Mozambique Zimbabwe Mammals 234

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2021

The Kea – New Zealand’s enigmatic alpine parrot. It is a story of recent and future conservation efforts within New Zealand to conserve their endemic bird species. First, considering my audience, I should emphasise the wonderful photography of many of the New Zealand endemic bird species. Kakariki Parakeet.

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New Zealand Feral Animals Feral Parrots 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out. The centre has a daily feeding of wild Kaka , making it easy to see this large parrot. And to the south are The Catlins, mentioned above. You really are spoiled here. Yellow-eyed Penguin at Otago Peninsula.

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New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Birds 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. Now we move on to the Neognathae , which also has two very deep branches that lead to all the other living species of birds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Jarvis et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2015

It is of course the food of the Night Parrot , but none were observed on this occasion! There were several sandy patches that showed evidence of small mammals, but they were no doubt nocturnal. There were several sandy patches that showed evidence of small mammals, but they were no doubt nocturnal. The rim trail. Mulla mulla.

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Birds Camels Cattle Zebras 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

The hollowed-out bones connected to the lungs for respiration that we see today as a key bird adaptation to the aerobically challenging behavior of flight existed in many dinosaurs that were as far way from being bird-like as, well, as a T-rex is from being your pet parrot. This requires a few things to be true, depending on the fossils.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 257

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2014

There are approximately 10,000 plant species in the Cerrado. It also supports the greatest variety of large mammals in all of South America, including such iconic species as Maned Wolf and Giant Anteater. A Rufous-winged Antshrike, a typical species of lightly wooded savanna in the lower elevations of the park.

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Brazil South America Collecting America 169

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Unless you are nothing but the lowly diehard lister, for which you should feel much shame and embarrassment for, birders and biologists alike frequently want to understand birds on a deeper level than how to identify the age, sex and species of a certain individual. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 216

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Lynx Edicions, the ornithological (and now mammal) publisher that gave us the Handbook of the Birds of the World , has now published Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea , by James A. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago covers 1,417 species, 601 endemics, 98 vagrants, 8 introduced and 18 undescribed species.

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Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2012

The third species I saw was an Atherton endemic (of which there are a few knocking about) Macleay’s Honeyeater , a striking spotted honeyeater that was easy to watch on the bird baths near the dining area. I’ve been a fan of this particular peculiar Australian mammal my entire life, and more than any bird I wanted to see it here.

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Possums Guinea Marsupials Rats 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Despite the golf course, this place host all manner of birds and mammals. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. Thus, I arrived in Panama with 204 species on my country list and low expectations for more than a handful of lifers.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

Phoebe Snetsinger was an American birder who first passed the 8,000 species mark. It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. 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).

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Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Lango Camp deck overlooking Lango Baï, by Congo Conservation Company The forests of the Congo Basin contain more than a 1,000 species of birds, together with 400 species of mammals, including Okapi, Hippos, Leopards, Chimpanzees and Bonobos.

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Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 301

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

Most of them had brought kids along as well (probably among my least favorite mammals), which were pulled on gaudily colored skiing sleds by their hapless parents, creating a constant raucous noise. A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan. Never fails to startle them. “See, only three!”

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2022

The mountains are named after ancient Bunya Pines Araucaria bidwillii , a common species [pictured above] within the forests and one that dominates the skyline from the main accommodation area. By the forest edge another macropod species appears, the less common Black striped Wallaby [below]. Followed by a few King Parrots.

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Parrots Birds Turkey Farming 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The 7th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America covers 1,023 species that reside, migrate, or have been documented as accidentals or exotics in North America. Species Accounts: With 1,023 species, National Geographic 7 continues to cover the most species of any North American field guide.

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North America America 2017 Birds 187

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

For Borneo I’ll be accepting the split endemic species listed in Myers (2009), some of which I think eBird could at least offer as subspecies options (I’d also welcome an eBird app that works). I list mammals as well, at the end, where I have been able to identify them. STRIGOPIDAE (NEW ZEALAND PARROTS).

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2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2012

In the parking area I immediately encountered a pair of Australian Brush-turkeys as well as a new species for me, a Grey-headed Robin. This huge member of the Australian robin family is really tame in this carpark, making it probably the easiest place n the world to see the species (other than the Tableland it is only found in New Guinea).

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Kangaroos Guinea Pigs Turkey Guinea 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

If you are looking for something more colourful then you can’t go wrong with Australian King Parrots and Satin Bowerbirds and their bowers ! Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. More than three hundred bird species have been recorded in Broome and there is plenty of variety. One Tree Hill-Dandenong Ranges National Park.

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Australia Singapore Birds Battery 147