Some years ago I was birding in the hills outside Ranikhet, in Uttarakhand, in the foothills of the Himalayas. We had seen an interesting selection of birds…

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06.09.2024

ChatGPT about 10,000 Birds - 10,000 Birds

I suspect that in the future, one will not only google one’s name but also ask ChatGPT. While I have not done that for myself yet (probably ChatGPT would not…

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06.09.2024

That Awkward Stage - 10,000 Birds

So there I was, with three birding buddies, in a rare outing to a site only on the very edge of Morelia’s urban area. We were looking at a beautifully flowering…

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06.09.2024

My 7 Favourite Birds in the Americas and Caribbean Region

For me, selecting a list, even a short one, of favorite birds as a birdwatcher, bird photographer, is an endeavor both enchanting and daunting.

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05.09.2024

Birdy Toronto - 10,000 Birds

I’ve lived all my life in Toronto, Canada. I have been lucky to be able to travel to other places to bird, but Toronto is where my birding adventures began.

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04.09.2024

Black Vulture: A journey from Ignorance to Awe - 10,000 Birds

Rediscovering the Black Vultures, a journey from ignorance to awe, their playful nature, skilled aerial performances, social behaviour.

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04.09.2024

Bird Guides of the World: Marc Cronje, East and Southern Africa - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? This is a real hard one, but I would have to say the stunning Pel’s Fishing Owl as this was my Spark bird-it’s the bird that…

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04.09.2024

Bird Pellets: A Complete Photographic Guide–A Book Review - 10,000 Birds

Bird pellets are wondrous things. Open them up and see tiny mammal skulls, teeny thigh bones, beetle wings, fusty feathers, squirrel hair, reptile scales…

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03.09.2024

Birding Shanghai in August 2024 - 10,000 Birds

August started how July ended – with a few birds spending their summer in an extremely hot Shanghai. Among them, a Purple Heron alternating between being…

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02.09.2024

Wilson’s Storm Petrel Spectacular - 10,000 Birds

An early morning rise with a departure from home at 0530 hours is how last Sunday started. Our aim was a two-hour drive to the town of Rota on the SW Atlantic…

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01.09.2024

Why I love sparrows - 10,000 Birds

We have been talking trash a lot lately. There was a post on trash birds and Kai recently really went for the knock-out by trashing our beloved hobby.

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30.08.2024

Just Another Pretty Face - 10,000 Birds

A pattern seems to be developing this summer, of birds with really striking faces. First there was the Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, a species I had long wanted to see.

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30.08.2024

My 10 Favourite Ontario Birds - 10,000 Birds

Spring in Ontario, Canada, is the time for colour and I love colourful things. The following male birds dazzle, as they strut their stuff for the females. 1.

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30.08.2024

Our New(ish) Blog Post Series - 10,000 Birds

Our two new blog post series are now one month old, with five posts published each. For our series on Birder’s Lists, we already have lists on Surely you will…

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30.08.2024

Goodbye August - 10,000 Birds

Goodbye August, I won’t be sorry to see you go. Unless you happen to live near the coast, in which case there are plenty of migrant waders to see…

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29.08.2024

Birding Kolombangara Island - 10,000 Birds

It starts with a flight, then another, then another, then still, one more – to then realise that the island you’ve just landed on is only as big as the airstrip…

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28.08.2024

Bird Guides of the World: Jacques Habimana, Rwanda - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? My favorite bird species is the Great Blue Turaco. What is your name, and where do you live? My name is HABIMANA Jacques…

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27.08.2024

Some Pittas of South Vietnam - 10,000 Birds

When writing about pittas, even the normally rather reserved HBW sounds more like to a teenage Taylor Swift fan than a neutral scientist: “Elusive jewels of…

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26.08.2024

The changing fortunes of Iberian waterbirds - 10,000 Birds

Those of us who have lived long enough to see significant changes to bird populations will have personal recollections of this or that species. I’m sure many in…

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25.08.2024

“Space for Birds” — a book review - 10,000 Birds

Dr. Roberta L. Bondar’s handsome new book of photographs, Space for Birds: Patterns and Parallels of Beauty and Flight, comes in two halves, but it has several…

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25.08.2024

Bavarian Alps Part II - Arnspitz - 10,000 Birds

Continuing our hike from the Karwendel (covered in my last post), my friends and I descended into the Isar river valley and hiked up 1000 meters in altitude to…

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24.08.2024

A woodpecker in the garden - 10,000 Birds

One of the first birds I remember seeing was a Green Woodpecker. It had landed on our neighbours’ lawn, and I was invited round to see it. I was only five at…

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23.08.2024

My 10 favourite Side Quests while Birding - 10,000 Birds

We are birders. All of us are, or we wouldn’t be meeting here on 10,000 Birds quite so frequently. Birds rule our world. The prospect of encountering birds is…

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23.08.2024

Also-rans - 10,000 Birds

Two weeks ago, I wrote here about what may end up being my Bird of the Year for 2024: a Lesser Ground-Cuckoo which gave us fantastic views in my beloved town of…

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23.08.2024

New Writers Wanted! - 10,000 Birds

Seasoned readers of 10,000 Birds probably already know the drill: A post showing an exaggerated AI-created illustration means we are asking for new writers.

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22.08.2024

Birding the Rock - aka Newfoundland, Canada - 10,000 Birds

We were travelling to historic Cape Race, when we encountered a traffic jam. Four Woodland Caribou were trotting along in the middle of the road.

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21.08.2024

A Trip to Costa Rica is Never Long Enough - 10,000 Birds

As many birders, nature lovers, and avid travelers know, Costa Rica has much to offer. It has something for everyone. Tasty food, incredible birding…

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21.08.2024

Bird Guides of the World: Luis García Cuartas, Colombia - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? A tough question! As you start birding, you also start to form a clear list of your favorite birds in your mind…

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20.08.2024

Some Woodpeckers of Hongbenghe, Yunnan, China - 10,000 Birds

Hongbenghe, a small village right at the border of China’s Yunnan province and Myanmar, has a number of woodpeckers. And most birders (though not all – see here…

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19.08.2024

The Queen’s Falcon - 10,000 Birds

The vast majority of Palaearctic birds have now finished breeding and are either heading south, dispersing locally or going into moult. Many of the birds now…

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19.08.2024

Testing the new NL 14x52s by Swarovski - 10,000 Birds

When the new NL 10x and 14×52 mm binoculars were announced by Swarovski, even though I find this series a bit oversized for my tastes, I was still curious about…

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18.08.2024

High level negotiations - 10,000 Birds

Just the other day we had an extensive lunch with my Mozambican in-laws. To make things even better, a family member I had not yet met (after close to four…

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17.08.2024

A Surprise Encounter - 10,000 Birds

There’s nothing like an unexpected bird to get the pulse racing, as I was reminded on a recent warm and sunny summer’s evening. I was driving my small open-top…

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16.08.2024

Bluenoses - 10,000 Birds

Oxford Languages defines a bluenose as a “priggish or puritanical” person. Oddly enough, it can also refer to a person from Nova Scotia. I imagine that this is…

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16.08.2024

Ten Things I hate most about Birding - 10,000 Birds

I hope you did not expect any list of favorites from me – liking things is not really my core competence. So, here is my list of the 10 things I hate most about…

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15.08.2024

Birding Di Linh, Vietnam (Part 1) - 10,000 Birds

Di Linh is a town and district in South Vietnam a bit less than 2 hours southwest of Dalat. It is the kind of small place that still offers some living space to…

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14.08.2024

Bird Guides of the World: Luis Trinchan, Mexico - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? My favorite bird species is the Gray-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) an endemic bird of the Yucatan Peninsula.

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14.08.2024

HOW BIRDS SLEEP: A KidLit Bird Book Review - 10,000 Birds

What one thing do parents of younger children always need? Bedtime books. The best ones are interesting but soothing, familiar yet new. They are books that…

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13.08.2024

Long-tailed Tit on Hokkaido - 10,000 Birds

An Economist article published in February 2024 describes the rise of cuteness (“Small, but mighty: how cuteness has taken over the world”).

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12.08.2024

In the land of the rabbit - 10,000 Birds

The Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species that is widespread globally due to introductions by humans. In some places they have notoriously reached pest…

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My 7 Favourite Birds in the Americas and Caribbean Region

Birdy Toronto - 10,000 Birds

Black Vulture: A journey from Ignorance to Awe - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Marc Cronje, East and Southern Africa - 10,000 Birds

Bird Pellets: A Complete Photographic Guide–A Book Review - 10,000 Birds

Birding Shanghai in August 2024 - 10,000 Birds

Wilson’s Storm Petrel Spectacular - 10,000 Birds

Why I love sparrows - 10,000 Birds

Just Another Pretty Face - 10,000 Birds

My 10 Favourite Ontario Birds - 10,000 Birds

Our New(ish) Blog Post Series - 10,000 Birds

Goodbye August - 10,000 Birds

Birding Kolombangara Island - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Jacques Habimana, Rwanda - 10,000 Birds

Some Pittas of South Vietnam - 10,000 Birds

The changing fortunes of Iberian waterbirds - 10,000 Birds

“Space for Birds” — a book review - 10,000 Birds

Bavarian Alps Part II - Arnspitz - 10,000 Birds

A woodpecker in the garden - 10,000 Birds

My 10 favourite Side Quests while Birding - 10,000 Birds

Also-rans - 10,000 Birds

New Writers Wanted! - 10,000 Birds

Birding the Rock - aka Newfoundland, Canada - 10,000 Birds

A Trip to Costa Rica is Never Long Enough - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Luis García Cuartas, Colombia - 10,000 Birds

Some Woodpeckers of Hongbenghe, Yunnan, China - 10,000 Birds

The Queen’s Falcon - 10,000 Birds

Testing the new NL 14x52s by Swarovski - 10,000 Birds

High level negotiations - 10,000 Birds

A Surprise Encounter - 10,000 Birds

Bluenoses - 10,000 Birds

Ten Things I hate most about Birding - 10,000 Birds

Birding Di Linh, Vietnam (Part 1) - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Luis Trinchan, Mexico - 10,000 Birds

HOW BIRDS SLEEP: A KidLit Bird Book Review - 10,000 Birds

Long-tailed Tit on Hokkaido - 10,000 Birds

In the land of the rabbit - 10,000 Birds

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