1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

Down here in Mexico, many of the longest life lists belong to full- or part-time birding guides. Now, I'm no professional, but I am more than happy to take people to meet the...
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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

2 days ago | 10,000 Birds

I usually do not write much about traveling to and from birding places but my friend and I arrived in Malelane in the afternoon. We had been driving through Eswatini for a few...
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Plant Shop or Birding Hotspot?

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

The thickly forested central region of the island of Trinidad isn't often visited by birders who traditionally flocked to the Northern Range by virtue of the Asa Wright Nature...
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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent-A Book Review

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Do Brown-headed Cowbirds really smell like freshly baked sugar cookies? Do Dark-eyed Juncos really smell like leaves and dirt or “ferns and Celestial Seasonings' Country Peach...
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Birding Shanghai in July 2022

5 days ago | 10,000 Birds

After returning once more from Nanhui and almost admiring the extent of ongoing destruction there, what better song to start this blog post than with excerpts from the song...
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Broome's Pied Oystercatchers are breeding again

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Well, it is that time of year again and shorebirds are breeding. Hopefully all of the migratory shorebirds that left Roebuck Bay earlier this year have been successful at...
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Now You're Just Showing Off

8 days ago | 10,000 Birds

I went absolutely crazy a couple of weeks ago. Since my botanist friend Nacho was on vacation, I did back-to-back major birding outings with him. As it happens, I had not gone...
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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

9 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Hot summer days, often reaching 40C/104F, time to open another beer and dream of birding some cooler place, a place where deep shade of tall trees controls the heat... Perhaps...
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Announcing Three Roadrunner Chicks!

11 days ago | Phoenix Zoo

Beep, Beep! Home Welcoming Three New Roadrunner Chicks! We're excited to share that three roadrunner chicks hatched at the Zoo! They hatched on June 21, July 2 and July 5 to an...
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15 Australian Birds

12 days ago | 10,000 Birds

“A reading of recent research shows that Australian birds are more likely than most to eat sweet foods, live in complex societies, lead long lives, attack other birds, and be...
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Give, and it shall be given unto you

Down here in Mexico, many of the longest life lists belong to full- or part-time birding guides. Now, I'm no professional, but I am more than happy to take people to meet the... Read more ...