10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The views were filled with scrubby, low vegetation, dramatic mountains, sheep herds, and sheep herders. With the lack of trees, it was a surprise that a woodpecker is still taking up space. The herders are nomadic groups that move sheep from place to place, staying in brick structures that dot the landscape.

Lesotho 223

Lesotho Sheep South Africa Africa 223

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

I wondered, last August, how animals endure it — the tiny ever-pumping lungs of hummingbirds, the lungs of bighorn sheep shouldering their way up mountains, they must get filled with smoke too, right? Conservation black-backed woodpecker endangered species fire olive-sided flycatcher' On the whole, people do not value them.

Endangered Species 161

Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 161

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). East along the northern bank of the Danube. Deliblato Sands Reserve.

Serbia 317

Serbia Sanctuary Birds Bosnia 317

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather productive dirt road in Costa Rica ( Broad-billed Motmot , Lineated Woodpecker , Cocoa Woodcreeper , etc.), At some later, similar stage ( Turquoise-browed Motmot , Hoffmann’s Woodpecker , Scarlet Macaw , Streak-headed Woodcreeper , etc.),

Bears 139

Bears San Jose Greece Costa Rica 139

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In addition to the hummingbirds, a few of the other highlights of the morning were the Gamble’s Quail, Inca Doves, Cooper’s Hawk, red-napped Sapsucker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Gila Woodpecker, Bewick’s Wren, White-wing Doves, Plumbeus Vireo , and of course, I finally got a decent photo for the White-breasted Nuthatch. 12 House Finch.

Tucson 113

Tucson Costa Rica Arizona Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Then of course, we have amazing birds such as Wallcreeper , Hoopoe , and Black Woodpecker. For sure we have great birds like Great Crested Grebe , Great Bustard , and Great Spotted Woodpecker. It is not unusual to drive by a farm building and see a bunch of Greater Rheas on the farm’s fenced-in pasture next to sheep or goats.

Germany 245

Germany Birds 2000 South America 245

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals. Are the bison the stars of the show, or is the real star the range itself?

Rattlesnake 164

Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 164