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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...
12 hours ago - 10,000 Birds
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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...
1 day ago - Ornithology
Best Bird of the Weekend
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...
2 days ago - 10,000 Birds
We Want to Help the Birding Tourism Industry
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...
2 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A day trip to Derby
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...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birding Laifengshan, Tengchong, Yunnan, China
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...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Trogons, Trinidad and Tobago
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...
7 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A Slacker's Guide to Bird Photography
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...
7 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birds Singing for Us
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...
8 days ago - Ornithology
Locusts and Oriental Pratincoles around Broome
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...
10 days ago - 10,000 Birds
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Guide to Long Distance Binoculars
Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
Best Birding Binocular 2016/2017
During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
BirdWatching Binoculars 101
If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
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...
More on Bird Smarts
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...