13 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

I took a couple of weeks “off” from chronicling my weekly outings, in order to give my thoroughly amateur recommendations on bird photography, for other thoroughly amateur...
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2 days ago | Ornithology

I've discussed the intelligence of birds like crows before. Let's look a bit more into the subject in a little more scientific depth. Why do mammals like dogs, coyotes, cats...
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Best Bird of the Weekend

2 days ago | 10,000 Birds

While the fourth weekend of January finds us all mired in the depths of whatever season grips our part of the world, the light is ever so slowly changing. Another couple of...
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We Want to Help the Birding Tourism Industry

2 days ago | 10,000 Birds

With a worldwide pandemic still raging the tourism industry has taken a massive hit. And while we here at 10,000 Birds aren't terribly concerned about the cruise ship industry...
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A day trip to Derby

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Last Sunday it was a dull, cool morning when we awoke and we decided to do a day trip to Derby. It gave us a chance to hopefully add a few new birds to our 2021 bird list and...
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Birding Laifengshan, Tengchong, Yunnan, China

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Good news for those frightened by the title of my last blog post - we are now back in the safe and boring world of highly descriptive headers. You are welcome. Laifengshan is a...
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A Slacker's Guide to Bird Photography

7 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Last week I humbly offered up a totally unprofessional, possibly misinformed guide to taking bird photos that aren't completely embarrassing, and that might even make you proud...
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Trogons, Trinidad and Tobago

7 days ago | 10,000 Birds

It's been a crazy few days here in the tropical paradise of T&T to be honest. Let's just say that there is a single, well-known place where one can comfortably see all three of...
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Birds Singing for Us

8 days ago | Ornithology

The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and...
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Locusts and Oriental Pratincoles around Broome

10 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Although we have not had a lot of rain recently there has been enough to turn the dry dusty landscape into a lush green environment. We often think about how deceiving it would...
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How My 2021 Birding Is Going So Far

I took a couple of weeks “off” from chronicling my weekly outings, in order to give my thoroughly amateur recommendations on bird photography, for other thoroughly amateur... Read more ...