10,000 Birds - Page 195 - Birds, Birding and Blogging

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Threatened Birds of Nanhui, Shanghai

March 5, 2020 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment

By some measures, Shanghai is the most populated city in the world. That does not make it sound like a very promising or important...

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Pirates of the Caribbean

March 4, 2020 by Faraaz Abdool No Comments

The island of Tobago in the southern Caribbean is much wilder than one could imagine. Hey, in 1959 Walt Disney set up a studio...

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Consolation species

by Paul Lewis 3 Comments

I should have been on my way to Istanbul by the time this post came out. That trip was to take my wife and...

Reviews

Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

March 3, 2020 by Donna 4 Comments

One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called “Field Guides” and the first clue will be: “This landlocked South American country finally...

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Northern Gannet Show in New York Harbor

March 2, 2020 by Corey No Comments

Few birds are as spectacular as a Northern Gannet in a plunge dive. The way they briefly flare up and turn over, pulling...

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2020)

by Mike 1 Comment

The weekend that passed may have featured a day that pops up on our eccentric calendar only once every four years, but that chronological...

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Australian Magpies in Victoria

March 1, 2020 by Clare M 2 Comments

Late last year I mentioned the presence of Australian Magpies around Broome. There is a variation in the plumage of Australian Magpies across Australia...