article thumbnail

How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. ” When it comes to wildlife rescue, transportation runs the gamut as well.

article thumbnail

The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

10,000 Birds

There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Birding Singapore Sports Hub

10,000 Birds

Another really good feature of Singapore is the excellent public transport system. Javan Mynas , Olive-backed Sunbirds , Spotted Doves , Rock Doves , Zebra Doves , Common Tailorbirds , Blue-tailed Bee-eaters , Yellow-vented Bulbuls , Pink-necked Green Pigeons , House Sparrows and Black-naped Orioles were in that location.

Singapore 118
article thumbnail

Birding the Walkway Over The Hudson

10,000 Birds

It became a key transportation hub linking western raw materials to eastern industrial centers until the fire in 1974 closed it. It became a key transportation hub linking western raw materials to eastern industrial centers until the fire in 1974 closed it. Northern Parula And what about the birds?

article thumbnail

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

10,000 Birds

We were then able to walk down Upper Thomson Road and get public transport back to our hotel. Even before we entered the park we had seen Black-naped Orioles , Tree Sparrows , Large-billed Crow , Javan Myna, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Olive-backed Sunbird and an Oriental Dollarbird. Sign for Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.

Singapore 113
article thumbnail

St. Michael’s summer birding along the Danube in Serbia

10,000 Birds

They are colourful and small, some mere newspaper kiosks transported here, barely big enough for a bed and fishing rods. The birds include one Eurasian Wigeon male, Great and Little Egrets , Syrian and another Black Woodpecker , one very late Barn Swallow , and an Ortolan Bunting among the House Sparrows on the roof.

Serbia 118
article thumbnail

We Got the Wrong Starling

10,000 Birds

The group I was with gathered in Ahmedebad (one of India’s mid-sized cities with only 8 million residents) to be transported by bus out to the conference site in Kutch. The default starling of urban areas in this corner of India are these remarkable rosys.

India 155