Whilst I have left the comforts of a salary long behind me by leaving the airline I worked for, fortunately (I suppose, he says grudgingly) two of my birding mates are still there putting in the long hours and seeing some fantastic birds. One of them, Redgannet, is a ‘Beat Writer’ here on 10,000 Birds, [...]

Whilst I have left the comforts of a salary long behind me by leaving the airline I worked for, fortunately (I suppose, he says grudgingly) two of my birding mates are still there putting in the long hours and seeing some fantastic birds. One of them, Redgannet, is a ‘Beat Writer’ here on 10,000 Birds, [...]

In this guest post Clare and Grant Morton update us on the shorebird work they’re doing in and around the world-famous shorebird site of Broome in Western Australia. Clare’s particular interest is monitoring and protecting the nests of the birds nesting along the beaches, and she also keeps a close look-out for flagged/banded shorebirds which [...]

A week or so ago I was sent an email by a reader named Jimer asking if I’d like to see some photos of a Red-tailed Hawk being whalloped by a mockingbird. The photos, she said, were a little bit distant which they indeed turned out to be (good, but a little distant). She added [...]

The intersection of avians and professional athletics in America can be fascinating, especially when looked at through the right lens. Nick Lund, who blogged first at birdDC and then the interview-driven Birdist, has always offered an engaging, if not slightly askew view of teams and their bird logos. This is Nick’s second 10,000 Birds guest [...]

In January of this year we posted a ‘Welcome Wednesday’ post by Mike Pope, an ex-pat South African living in Kuwait whom I’d birded with in September 2008. Mike is Chair of the Kuwait Ornithological Records Committee (KORC), runs the excellent Birding Kuwaitwebsite, is a superb photographer (genuinely, his photos are as good as most [...]

We’re thrilled to have Naturalist Journeys, the Small Group Birding and Natural History tour company based out of Arizona, as our newest advertiser. My fetish for travel is well-known so it should come as no surprise that I asked Peg Abbot, the head honcho at Naturalist Journeys, for a glimpse into one of her most excellent AZ [...]

We here at 10,000 Birds love our Welcome Wednesday guest posts – partly (we admit) because it means that we don’t have to fire up our few remaining brain cells and write something ourselves, but mostly because readers send us some REALLY good posts and some REALLY good photos and we’re delighted to have the [...]

May 2009 was ’Puerto Rico Month‘ here at 10,000 Birds, the celebration of which culminated in a giveaway of a free ‘Endemic Dash’ tour courtesy of Kevin Loughlin and Wildside Nature Tours. The fortunate recipient of that holiday was longtime friend Patrick Belardo of The Hawk Owl’s Nest. Now that he’s unpacked his adventure, we’re the fortunate ones. Here, Patrick [...]

Duncan Wright, who lives in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, has contributed a guest post before (in Aug 2009, Birding Wellington, NZ) packed with superb photos and birds that – frankly – some of us had never even heard of! When Duncan mailed me last week saying that he thought I “might enjoy showing some [...]

Last year I was fortunate enough to visit Ursula Franke of the South African Crane Working Group (SACWG) at the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), who took me on a fantastic tour of Chrissiesmeer, a hugely important wetland site in Mpumalanga with some 270 lakes and pans located with­in a 20 km radius of the village. [...]

South African ex-pat Mike Pope is Chair of the Kuwait Ornitholigical Records Committee (KORC), runs the excellent Birding Kuwait website, is a superb photographer (genuinely, his photos are as good as most of those published by professionals – see below – and are posted on his website at 800px wide so every detail is there [...]

The following article, written by Monica Engebretson, author and senior program associate at Born Free USA, appeared on Opposing Views (http://www.opposingviews.com/) earlier this month and provoked a fire-storm of comments. Should we be re-posting it here? The article is well-written and discusses some very important issues concerning avian welfare; Monica is a well-informed, committed conservationist [...]

As we wrote the last time Chrissy Guarino provided a guest post, she is our “most prolific guest blogger” and with blog posts like these, well, we’re glad about that!  This is the second time Chrissy has written about banding Northern Saw-whet Owls on 10,000 Birds but this time she is focusing more on the [...]

“Malta’s War against Birds” Written by Andy Gibb (http://pokerbird.blogspot.com/) 23 September 2009     Malta’s War Against Birds   What you won’t see in any travel brochure: “Watch magnificent birds of prey that have flown the length of Europe blasted out of the sky. See those that only have their legs blown away die slowly [...]

Suzie Gilbert is a wildlife rehabilitator in the Hudson Valley of New York State.  She is also the author of Flyaway: How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings, an excellent read that we reviewed and recommended.  To make a long story short, in Flyaway there are several incidents described in which [...]

A week or so ago (time is flying by so fast these days it may have been months ago or yesterday I’m no longer sure) we were contacted by Duncan Wright, a Wikipedia editor asking us if we’d post an article on 10,000 Birds on the merits of Wikipedia as a birding resource – too [...]

Chrissy Guarino is our most prolific guest blogger, having shared one story after another with the readership of 10,000 Birds.  In this post she shares her experiences trying to identify birds off the coast of Peru and while hiking to Machu Picchu (without an expert bird guide) from the 14th to the 24th of July.  [...]

Shai Mitra is a birder-extraordinaire, a wonderfully patient teacher, a member of the New York State Avian Records Committee, and editor of The Kingbird, the peer-reviewed publication of the New York State Ornithological Association.  He was also nice enough to give directions to good birds in Suffolk County when a pair of bird bloggers headed [...]

This report on The Razorbills’ day at the World Series of Birding was submitted by Hope Batcheller, the impetus behind the New York State Young Birders Club.  In it she details the day’s efforts, efforts that were hopefully supported by at least some 10,000 Birds readers (you can still support the team for more info [...]