10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

Tanzania 246

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. We wait for a while, but they do not reappear.

Africa 226

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

They submitted 144 checklists, noting 628 species adding 72 to the year’s running total bringing it to 1890. Rhinoceros Auklet – Cerorhinca monocerata. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. 27 May 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Northern Territory.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased. 18 Jun 2018. 18 Jun 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. Who is going to tell the clans? Does Mel Gibson know? These are they… Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. Northern Territory. 13 Nov 2018. Western Australia.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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). Species are listed by family according to the order eBird spits them out to me in. Indigo Flycatcher. CORACIIDAE (ROLLERS).

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Rhinoceros Auklet – Cerorhinca monocerata. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. 13 Aug 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Rhinoceros Auklet – Cerorhinca monocerata. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. 13 Aug 2016.

2016 104

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 104