10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2024
When Jonathan Slaght did his research on Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia’s Far East – which he describes in his excellent book “Owls of the Eastern Ice” – he had to cope not only with extreme cold but also with rather bad music: “Katkov filled our commutes with loud music. Sitting in a heated(!)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2021
But I have to admit that seeing some of the wolves, foxes, asses, and sheep of Dulan county is nice, at least as long as they do not stand in front of some exciting birds. The Bearded Vulture looks surprisingly like the Night King in “Game of Thrones” Probably not a coincidence. A juvenile nearby. Blue Sheep. No nice blue flowers.
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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
JUNE 14, 2011
Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few. These desert inhabitants are waking up, whilst others, like a pair of diminutive Elf Owls, are settling down after a night of reveling. They have hunted together before, this pack of sky wolves. There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2013
Depending on a visitor’s luck, one can see moose and wolves, hear Boreal Owls or Townsend’s Warblers. That was then. Today, the camas fields rest protected in the vast bosom of the Clearwater National Forest. But the camas themselves require no luck, only timing.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2014
I’ve even paid a few calls to Massachusetts in the dead of winter for finches and owls. Where the nearby military base has a pack of wolves on it. I’ve been fortunate enough to see a lot of the Lower 48. I’ve tackled Texas, collected in California, fooled around in Florida. It’s pretty great. I was off to St.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2016
The abandonned farm hosts one of the few remaining breeding pairs of Little Owl in Germany’s Northeast, so be aware of this possibility but also take good care not to disturb them should you see them (most likely at dusk). According to the observation book on the tower, even wolves are a – very remote – possibility.
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