4 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

According to Wikipedia, the national bird of Australia is the Emu - which I have not seen yet. On the other hand, some websites state that the Laughing Kookaburra is...
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Mistletoebird breeding update

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

I thought I should update you all on the Mistletoebirds that are nesting close to home, because I walk by the nest every day. Since I wrote about the nest a couple of weeks ago...
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Give, and it shall be given unto you

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Down here in Mexico, many of the longest life lists belong to full- or part-time birding guides. Now, I'm no professional, but I am more than happy to take people to meet the...
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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

I usually do not write much about traveling to and from birding places but my friend and I arrived in Malelane in the afternoon. We had been driving through Eswatini for a few...
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Plant Shop or Birding Hotspot?

5 days ago | 10,000 Birds

The thickly forested central region of the island of Trinidad isn't often visited by birders who traditionally flocked to the Northern Range by virtue of the Asa Wright Nature...
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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent-A Book Review

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Do Brown-headed Cowbirds really smell like freshly baked sugar cookies? Do Dark-eyed Juncos really smell like leaves and dirt or “ferns and Celestial Seasonings' Country Peach...
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Birding Shanghai in July 2022

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

After returning once more from Nanhui and almost admiring the extent of ongoing destruction there, what better song to start this blog post than with excerpts from the song...
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Broome's Pied Oystercatchers are breeding again

7 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Well, it is that time of year again and shorebirds are breeding. Hopefully all of the migratory shorebirds that left Roebuck Bay earlier this year have been successful at...
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Now You're Just Showing Off

10 days ago | 10,000 Birds

I went absolutely crazy a couple of weeks ago. Since my botanist friend Nacho was on vacation, I did back-to-back major birding outings with him. As it happens, I had not gone...
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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

11 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Hot summer days, often reaching 40C/104F, time to open another beer and dream of birding some cooler place, a place where deep shade of tall trees controls the heat... Perhaps...
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15 Australian Birds

According to Wikipedia, the national bird of Australia is the Emu - which I have not seen yet. On the other hand, some websites state that the Laughing Kookaburra is... Read more ...

Mistletoebird breeding update

I thought I should update you all on the Mistletoebirds that are nesting close to home, because I walk by the nest every day. Since I wrote about the nest a couple of weeks ago... Read more ...