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Back to Nandi Hills, Bangalore: Part Three
By Charlie • April 8, 2009 • 9 commentsThose of you who are less than frequent visitors to 10,000 Birds (and our stats would suggest that’s a lot of people), a quick re-cap on BtNH,B: Parts One and Two might be in order…(you could read the whole episodes themselves if you’re so inclined by going to Part One and Part Two).
Right, so I [...]
Skulking?
By Charlie • July 6, 2007 • 1 commentCorey’s great report about his visit to the Adirondacks used the word ’skulking’, which reminded both him and Mike of a post I wrote a while back which discussed the meaning of several words us birders regularly use to describe birds that are hard to see. As you’re transferring everything over from your old blog, [...]
A Jewel in the Undergrowth
By Charlie • July 3, 2007 • 8 commentsBlue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
Singapore Botanic Gardens, 24 February 2006
In the middle of January 2006 an absurdly showy Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis was found over-wintering in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, remaining faithful to a small area of low, dank vegetation in a section of the gardens called the Ginger Garden. Over the next few weeks every [...]
Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore
By Charlie • December 19, 2005 • No comments yetCentral Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore
19 December 2005
I’ve just spent nine days at home on “standby” - ie not knowing where I’d get sent just before Christmas: it’s a worry, I tell you!
To cut a rather long story short (I can hear the cheers from here you ungrateful sods - these reports take ages to write [...]
