Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Shanghai Auto-Expo Park, Shanghai, China, April 21, 2024 Mountain Bulbul, Huangshan Mountain, Anhui, China, January 27…

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03.02.2025

Meeting old friends - 10,000 Birds

For many years now, I have had a scheduled meeting with some old friends. I drive to an area an hour away from me and, invariably, they are there keeping to…

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02.02.2025

How to Bird the Colibri Cafe at Cinchona, Costa Rica - 10,000 Birds

This post was originally published on December 07, 2019. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to draw attention to our vast…

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02.02.2025

Big Year Strategy - 10,000 Birds

Reactions to my Big Year in Rotterdam have been threefold: [1] your target is ambitious but doable, [2] your target is too high, and you will never reach it and…

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01.02.2025

Expansion and decline: the different fortunes of two small brown birds - 10,000 Birds

This morning I heard my first Cetti’s Warbler of 2025, a welcome sign of the changing year. Cetti’s Warblers do sing during the winter, but only occasionally.

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01.02.2025

Species Spotlight: Blyth’s Hornbill - 10,000 Birds

Halmahera is at the Eastern end of the range of Blyth’s Hornbill – this range is quite large and also covers the whole of Papua New Guinea. That makes it a…

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31.01.2025

Airport Birding - 10,000 Birds

International birding usually requires passing through an airport or two, interrupted by several hours of birdless flying – the worst version of flying possible.

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30.01.2025

Lost In France…In The Caribbean - 10,000 Birds

I’m sure (hoping) that at least one person noticed my missing post this month – I was on a blitz of the Lesser Antilles, leading a group of ten (mostly) grumpy…

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30.01.2025

Ask a Birder: Soup Duck - 10,000 Birds

Last month we received an inquiry about a strange duck from one of our Florida readers. At first glance, a prime topic for the Ask a Birder series but also an…

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29.01.2025

Photographing birds in the Negev desert, Israel - 10,000 Birds

By Itamar Procaccia, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel Itamar Procaccia is a professor at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel…

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29.01.2025

Bird Guides of the World: Diego Emmanuel Oscar, Argentina - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? I enjoy all the birds really, from a feral pigeon in the train station to the most endangered and restrictive birds in my…

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28.01.2025

Birding Lodges of the World: The Lodge on Little Saint Simons Island, GA, USA - 10,000 Birds

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Painted Buntings in the spring/

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28.01.2025

Birding Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia - 10,000 Birds

With a birding tour of East Java starting in the evening, I decided to fly into Surabaya in East Java one day earlier and to bird on my own on the first day.

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27.01.2025

Alpine Swifts are back - 10,000 Birds

The pages of whatsapp groups and social media are heavily laden by repeated sightings, supported by congratulatory remarks, of isolated rarities. In my area…

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27.01.2025

(Second) First Impression of Australia - 10,000 Birds

New post, new continent! The title is already giving it away, but yes, I have returned to the glorious country of Australia and more specifically – Western…

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27.01.2025

Three Photos: Parrots of Bold Park, Perth - 10,000 Birds

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia, August 14, 2024 Rainbow Lorikeet, Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia, July 06…

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26.01.2025

Birding Zaagkuildrift Road, South Africa - 10,000 Birds

A recent post by fellow writer Peter on this blog (Birding Zaagkuildrift Road) made me go back to my notes and photos of my own birding outings there.

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26.01.2025

Uganda’s Billion Dollar Bird: The Shoebill - 10,000 Birds

This post was originally published on November 26, 2019. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to draw attention to our vast…

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25.01.2025

Parrot Problems - 10,000 Birds

Mexico’s endangered parrots may be easier to find outside their natural ranges than in them.

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25.01.2025

Species Spotlight: Roseate Spoonbill - 10,000 Birds

I remember my first Roseate Spoonbill. It was dawn at Ft. De Soto Park, near Tampa, FL. We had been camping with family amidst the mangroves and flats…

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25.01.2025

A red-letter day at Abberton - 10,000 Birds

By English standards, Abberton Reservoir is huge. It covers 1,700 acres (700ha), is crossed by two causeways, supports an Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve…

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24.01.2025

Honourable Hides - 10,000 Birds

Watching birds can be done from the window of your car, by walking through nature or from the comfort of your home – watching your feeders or just whatever…

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24.01.2025

Writers Wanted! - 10,000 Birds

We are still looking to add writers who want to share their passion for birds. You can either write a guest post on a topic of your choosing or contribute to…

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23.01.2025

Ask A Birder: Are Owls Wise? - 10,000 Birds

On the one hand, owls are a traditional symbol of wisdom – and with their big staring eyes, they indeed look intelligent and thoughtful. On the other hand…

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23.01.2025

Winter Birding in Arizona - 10,000 Birds

The murmuration of blackbirds stretched out for more than a kilometre. The birds’ joint movement looked like a long ribbon fluttering and twisting in the wind.

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22.01.2025

January in Morro Bay, California - 10,000 Birds

There are so many wonderful places to go birding in California. You have the sea, the mountains, desert habitats, islands, forests – it seems as if there are…

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22.01.2025

Bird Guides of the World: Tom Tarrant, Australia - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? Any Cuckoo What is your name, and where do you live? Tom Tarrant, living in Dayboro a small town 45 minutes north-west of…

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21.01.2025

Birding Dalat, Vietnam (Part 2) - 10,000 Birds

It is hard not to be sexist when you only see a female Fire-breasted Flowerpecker. eBird rubs it in, talking about the “brilliantly red patch like a bloodstain…

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21.01.2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Yacutinga Lodge, Argentina - 10,000 Birds

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? White-bearded Manakin What is the name of…

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20.01.2025

January in Gibraltar - 10,000 Birds

The days are getting noticeably longer now. The sun sets after 630pm and the Upper Rock Nature Reserve is looking lush and green, thanks to the autumn rains.

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20.01.2025

Three Photos: Woodpeckers in Shanghai - 10,000 Birds

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, Pujiang Town, Shanghai, January 04, 2025 Eurasian Wryneck, Nanhui, Shanghai, April 08, 2021 Speckled Piculet, Botanical Garden…

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19.01.2025

London Heathrow Airport versus the White Wagtails - 10,000 Birds

This post was originally published on February 09, 2019. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to draw attention to our vast…

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19.01.2025

A Big Year in Rotterdam - part II - 10,000 Birds

So, a Big Year in Rotterdam… which birds will we be able to see? As the city has the largest port in the world (in area, in freight volume there are now many…

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18.01.2025

Getting the timing right - 10,000 Birds

Birdwatching is all about timing. Sometimes you get it right, but sometimes you don’t. Last week my companion Andrew and I set off for the Suffolk coast in the…

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18.01.2025

Species Spotlight: Ural Owl - 10,000 Birds

In Germany, the last wild living Ural Owl was shot in 1926, though there has been a reintroduction program in Bavaria that started in the 2000s.

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17.01.2025

Photo-nemeses - 10,000 Birds

Birds one should have seen but hasn’t are often called nemeses. But what do we call a bird we have seen, but can’t photograph well? How about “photonemeses”.

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17.01.2025

The Top Five Islands I want to Bird on - 10,000 Birds

I first remember being introduced to the field of island biogeography in a dark, empty lecture hall at Oregon State University in an advanced biology course.

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17.01.2025

PAU: THE LAST SONG OF THE KAUA‘I ‘O‘O: A KidLit Bird Book Review - 10,000 Birds

As animal numbers plummet, we face difficult conversations with children about what it means to lose a species. The creative team of Tony Piedra and Mackenzie…

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16.01.2025

Ask A Birder: Why do some birds migrate, while others stay in one place year-round? - 10,000 Birds

For human beings, watching large flocks of birds migrate is an awe-inspiring spectacle. But, should a bird stay or should it go? Whether they migrate or not…

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16.01.2025

Two Stunning Kingfishers in Java - 10,000 Birds

In the Pronojiwo area of East Java, there is an unassuming hide at the edge of a village. It hosts two species of kingfishers. One is the Blue-eared Kingfisher…

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Three Photos: Red Eyes - 10,000 Birds

Meeting old friends - 10,000 Birds

How to Bird the Colibri Cafe at Cinchona, Costa Rica - 10,000 Birds

Big Year Strategy - 10,000 Birds

Expansion and decline: the different fortunes of two small brown birds - 10,000 Birds

Species Spotlight: Blyth’s Hornbill - 10,000 Birds

Airport Birding - 10,000 Birds

Lost In France…In The Caribbean - 10,000 Birds

Ask a Birder: Soup Duck - 10,000 Birds

Photographing birds in the Negev desert, Israel - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Diego Emmanuel Oscar, Argentina - 10,000 Birds

Birding Lodges of the World: The Lodge on Little Saint Simons Island, GA, USA - 10,000 Birds

Birding Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia - 10,000 Birds

Alpine Swifts are back - 10,000 Birds

(Second) First Impression of Australia - 10,000 Birds

Three Photos: Parrots of Bold Park, Perth - 10,000 Birds

Birding Zaagkuildrift Road, South Africa - 10,000 Birds

Uganda’s Billion Dollar Bird: The Shoebill - 10,000 Birds

Parrot Problems - 10,000 Birds

Species Spotlight: Roseate Spoonbill - 10,000 Birds

A red-letter day at Abberton - 10,000 Birds

Honourable Hides - 10,000 Birds

Writers Wanted! - 10,000 Birds

Ask A Birder: Are Owls Wise? - 10,000 Birds

Winter Birding in Arizona - 10,000 Birds

January in Morro Bay, California - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Tom Tarrant, Australia - 10,000 Birds

Birding Dalat, Vietnam (Part 2) - 10,000 Birds

Birding Lodges of the World: Yacutinga Lodge, Argentina - 10,000 Birds

January in Gibraltar - 10,000 Birds

Three Photos: Woodpeckers in Shanghai - 10,000 Birds

London Heathrow Airport versus the White Wagtails - 10,000 Birds

A Big Year in Rotterdam - part II - 10,000 Birds

Getting the timing right - 10,000 Birds

Species Spotlight: Ural Owl - 10,000 Birds

Photo-nemeses - 10,000 Birds

The Top Five Islands I want to Bird on - 10,000 Birds

PAU: THE LAST SONG OF THE KAUA‘I ‘O‘O: A KidLit Bird Book Review - 10,000 Birds

Ask A Birder: Why do some birds migrate, while others stay in one place year-round? - 10,000 Birds

Two Stunning Kingfishers in Java - 10,000 Birds

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