10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2022
The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. It’s an open question.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2023
Continuing with the topic of singing, apparently, Zebra Doves are highly valued for their singing, particularly in parts of Southern Thailand. I was wondering whether it is still politically correct to use the word pygmy, as in Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2021
He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . A cheeky lad, Geoffrey McMullan was regularly subjected to brutal discipline at his English boarding school. He probably should do.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
However, unfortunately, this seems to be mainly true for Laced Woodpecker (female) … … and Greater Flameback (female). Seeing a Rufous Woodpecker for the first time, I thought it looked kind of weird. “Odd, me?” But the joke simply does not work then).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
The Bronzed Drongo must be a bit of a romantic at heart – the HBW reports it as “singing on moonlit nights in Thailand” In this post, the Blue bearded Bee-eater only has a cameo role … … as the activities of a pair of Green Bee-eaters were much more photogenic. It thought the name sounded lucky.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
The resident fashion critic of eBird is not very impressed with the Orange-backed Woodpecker , stating that it is “dressed all in patchwork” It has one of the more stupid-sounding genus names – Reinwardtipicus, which is made up of the name of Dutch naturalist Prof.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2020
Thanks to that bird’s choice of hunting grounds and David having plenty of time to watch it, he has documented the bird chasing everything from motmots to large woodpeckers as well as occasional visits from the parents. As it learns to hunt and live on its own, the young bird has taken up residence in a tree right in front of the farm.
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