Australian Spotted Crakes near Broome
Last Sunday afternoon we travelled out of town to once again bird from our vehicle across the flooded highway across Roebuck Plains. There are still many Egrets and the Magpie...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
European Goldfinch
Birds are a pretty homogeneous group. They all have feathers, lay eggs, and lack teeth, for instance. It's easy to generalize, but there are nearly 11,000 species and each is...
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The Mandarin Duck
I am not actually really sure whether I like the sight of the male Mandarin Duck. On the one hand, it obviously is a splendidly dressed bird in a multitude of expressive...
2 days ago - 10,000 Birds
National Wildlife Refuge Trivia: What is PILT?
National Wildlife Refuges protect critical habitat and provide some of the best birding locations in the United States. Although birders and other users of NWRs create local...
5 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Penguin Loves Rescuer So Much, He Swims 5,000 Miles Yearly Just To Be With Him
Remember that song “I'm Gonna Be ” by The Proclaimers? If you do, you know you're already singing the 1988 hit's signature lines about walking five hundred miles to be with the...
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Little Egret with abnormal plumage near Broome
We have continued to observe the birds along the edge and on the Great Northern Highway to the south of Broome across Roebuck Plains. The depth of water over the highway varies...
7 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Airplane-Bird Strikes
Orville Wright hit a bird with the Wright Flyer while flying over an Ohio cornfield in 1905. On October 4, 1960, Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 struck a flock of European...
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Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists
This field guide leaves me nothing short of impressed. It covers everything a birder wants to know about the world, and that is poorly covered in school. Here's an example...
10 days ago - 10,000 Birds
This Shouldn't Be A Single Day But
Today marks International Women's Day 2023, a globally-observed day of drawing attention to many of the issues women still unfortunately face. We cast our thoughts both on the...
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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again
The last time I birded Longcanggou, a national forest park in China's Sichuan province, was in November 2021. Now, 14 months later, the place has changed - unfortunately, for...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Australian Spotted Crakes near Broome
Last Sunday afternoon we travelled out of town to once again bird from our vehicle across the flooded highway across Roebuck Plains. There are still many Egrets and the Magpie...
European Goldfinch
Birds are a pretty homogeneous group. They all have feathers, lay eggs, and lack teeth, for instance. It's easy to generalize, but there are nearly 11,000 species and each is...