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Time to head north
It is that time of year again when we start to see the shorebirds around Broome change into their beautiful breeding plumage. We then witness their departures each evening over...
8 hours ago - 10,000 Birds
When my mother died in 2015 we took over the
When my mother died in 2015 we took over the care of her two parakeets. We weren't sure of their ages, but when one of them died, we didn't want the other to be alone. We knew...
1 day ago - Happy Tails
Domaines Paul Mas ‘Vignes de Nicole' Cabernet Sauvignon - Syrah (2018)
When I picked up a bottle of this week's featured wine last March at a shop in southern Quebec (on my last trip out of the United States before the pandemic), I assumed the...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
Japanese Night Heron in Shanghai
Last Sunday, it was raining hard, but I went out to Chongming Island, a part of Shanghai, anyway. Mostly I went because some farmers there keep a lovely dog in a cage, and I...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Into the Clouds
Trinidad's cloud forests typically aren't birded much. After all, the habitat is restricted to the highest and mostly inaccessible reaches of the mountain range across the...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Maine Jumpstarted My 2021 Birding
Like so many, the majority of my birding since the Covid-19 pandemic began has centered on my own backyard and local walking excursions. But as we kicked off 2021, I found...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Paradise Regained
Among all the birding locations I have found, Pino Real was my first love. I was just getting back into birding, and had only gone to some urban sites, during 2012 and 2013. I...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A Survey of U.S. Birders
Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “ National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons ” is notable. Although the...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Nestlings and Fledglings
I received another email yesterday about birds falling out of their nests. The emailer didn't say where he lived but indicated that he was picking up several young birds that...
5 days ago - Ornithology
Birds from Britannia by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
With the sad passing of Prince Philip this week I thought I should share with you a book that we own that he wrote. This book was gifted by my father, Philip, to his father...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
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Time to head north
It is that time of year again when we start to see the shorebirds around Broome change into their beautiful breeding plumage. We then witness their departures each evening over...
When my mother died in 2015 we took over the
When my mother died in 2015 we took over the care of her two parakeets. We weren't sure of their ages, but when one of them died, we didn't want the other to be alone. We knew...
Domaines Paul Mas ‘Vignes de Nicole' Cabernet Sauvignon - Syrah (2018)
When I picked up a bottle of this week's featured wine last March at a shop in southern Quebec (on my last trip out of the United States before the pandemic), I assumed the...