The Spitzkoppe undoubtedly ranks as one of my favourite places in the world. The vast surrounding plains, stark dry scenery, and glowing red rocks in the…

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29.06.2025

Searching for vultures in India - 10,000 Birds

This post was originally published in 2018. It is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalog of more than 10…

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29.06.2025

If You Walk with Wolves - 10,000 Birds

No, this title is not an homage to a 1990 Kevin Costner movie. Rather, it references a Mexican saying: El que anda con lobos, a aullar se enseña.

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29.06.2025

An Interview with Larry Chen, a major contributor to eBird - 10,000 Birds

Larry Chen is an obsessive but frequently-distracted birder who has recently taken up spending far too much time looking for plants, insects, fish…

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28.06.2025

Species Spotlight: Sri Lanka Blue Magpie - 10,000 Birds

Unfortunately, there is not too much information on the Sri Lanka Blue Magpie – but its appearance alone justifies a separate post. A wildlife guide describes…

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28.06.2025

Hannah and Erik Go Birding; Briefly Birding on Long Island - 10,000 Birds

In this episode of Hannah and Erik Go Birding, they explored a few hotspots around Long Island searching for some key species: Purple Sandpiper and Saltmarsh…

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28.06.2025

The sad case of the disappearing penguins - 10,000 Birds

There are 19 species of penguins in the world, of which only one, appropriately called the African Penguin, breeds in Africa. It’s a Southern African endemic.

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27.06.2025

Top 7 Beautiful Birds - 10,000 Birds

We had scary names, we had onomatopoeic names – time for beautiful names. Here are 7 beautiful birds – if we believe their names. The featured imaged isn’t…

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26.06.2025

Three Birds. Three Continents. - 10,000 Birds

By Mary Alice Hayward Mary Alice Hayward never thought much about birds until after retiring in 2021 and waking up one spring day to a bird attacking her dining…

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26.06.2025

Family Time - 10,000 Birds

Following courtship, the birds in my yard settled in to raise their young. The American Robins (pictured above) nested in our old apple tree or on the elbow of…

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26.06.2025

Ask a Birder: Who likes birds more, people living in Seattle or in Berlin? - 10,000 Birds

You may wonder why on earth anyone might ask this question, or how to answer it. Here is the story behind it. Two researchers wanted to know how human behavior…

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25.06.2025

Bird Guides of the World: Shay Xie, China - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? My favorite bird is the White-browed Tit Warbler. I really have a soft spot for small birds with vibrant colors…

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24.06.2025

Birding the Wuyuan area in Winter - 10,000 Birds

Among Chinese birders, the Wuyuan, Jiangxi area is known for three species – the Pied Falconet (separate post), the Scaly-sided Merganser (winter only…

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24.06.2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Surrey Bird Sanctuary & Holiday Resort Welimada - 10,000 Birds

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Sri Lankan Brown Wood Owl – Strix…

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23.06.2025

Three Photos: Blue Eyerings - 10,000 Birds

Black Paradise Flycatcher, Nanhui, Shanghai, China, May 2025 Blue-faced Honeyeater, Brisbane, Australia, December 2016 Blue-faced Malkoha, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka…

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22.06.2025

Balik Kampung - More Malaysian Business Birding - 10,000 Birds

Kuala Selangor is the firefly capital of Malaysia. The kelip-kelip signs, t-shirts and memorabilia are all a testament to the marketing effect of a Sir David…

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21.06.2025

Welcoming AviList - 10,000 Birds

Should 10,000 Birds be renamed 11,131 Birds? The new world bird list, called AviList, has been created to replace the confusion of four world checklists (HBW…

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21.06.2025

Species Spotlight: Amur Paradise Flycatcher - 10,000 Birds

The Amur Paradise Flycatcher is one of the sixteen paradise flycatchers in the genus Terpsiphone. For several species in this genus, the males come in two…

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21.06.2025

Bird Nerd Book Club: Bird Talk by Becca Rowland - 10,000 Birds

Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods and wondered what bird was making a sound like a siren going off, or somebody revving a chainsaw engine—or sneezing?

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20.06.2025

Seven Memorable Birding Experiences Of Our Writers - 10,000 Birds

On a road trip in the Portuguese interior, we stopped at the Penedo Durão viewpoint. I had just checked out a tree for some movement, and my wife was…

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20.06.2025

Good News, Bad News - 10,000 Birds

We see the Slaty Vireo, but we also see forest damage by the Mexican Pine Beetle.

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19.06.2025

Ask A Birder: What Is the Smartest Bird? - 10,000 Birds

The brain trust of the bird world are the corvids. This family includes crows, ravens, jays, and magpies. They exhibit cognitive abilities comparable to some…

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18.06.2025

Bird Guides of the World: Susantha Weerappuli, Sri Lanka - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon & Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon. I appreciate both species. What is your name, and where do you live?

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18.06.2025

Don’t Sleep on Birding Long Island - 10,000 Birds

In my last post, I discussed my trip to New York City and the persistent questioning of traveling for purposes other than birding. On our brief trip to The Big…

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17.06.2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Earth Lodge, Malaysia - 10,000 Birds

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors to your lodge (please name only one species)? Plain-pouched Hornbill…

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17.06.2025

Birding Raden Soerjo Forest Park, East Java, Indonesia (Part 1) - 10,000 Birds

Raden Soerjo Forest Park is an area of montane evergreen forests and also has a fairly high mountain (Gunung Arjuno, 3399 meters). It is about 3 hours by car…

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16.06.2025

Three Photos: Urbanization! - 10,000 Birds

Eurasian Hoopoe, Bayuquan, Liaoning, China, May 2020 Eurasian Kestrel, Shuangtaizhen, Liaoning, China, June 2025 Daurian Redstart, Wanfu, Liaoning, China…

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16.06.2025

Why it is not always fun to be a foreign birder in China - 10,000 Birds

This morning, I posted a simple question in a local Shanghai birding group – and got a reply. Here is the unedited transcript, with the Chinese answers…

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15.06.2025

Birding Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa - 10,000 Birds

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is one of the most popular game-watching spots in South Africa. The arid landscapes and large number of mammals make it…

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15.06.2025

Analogue vs. digital birding - 10,000 Birds

This post was originally published on August 01, 2019. It is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalog of…

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14.06.2025

Not everything that flies is a bird - 10,000 Birds

It’s mid June, and the summer birding doldrums have set in. The month with the longest days – it doesn’t get dark here until about 10pm – is never great for…

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14.06.2025

Species Spotlight: Streaked Weaver - 10,000 Birds

There are about 123 species of weavers worldwide, spreading over 16 genera, but more than half of the species are in just one genus, Ploceus.

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13.06.2025

Sometimes It’s Just That Easy - 10,000 Birds

The Colima Pygmy-Owl and Slaty Vireo make unexpectedly easy appearances in central Mexico.

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13.06.2025

Seven “Spark Birds” Of Our Writers - 10,000 Birds

The bird species I consciously observed (and tried to catch, sorry) as a small boy was the Common Starling. One of the birds that triggered my listing (and…

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12.06.2025

Ask a Birder: What are the smallest and the biggest bird species? - 10,000 Birds

By weight, the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba is the lightest, weighing around 1.6 to 2.0 grams. It has a length of about 5.5 cm – still a bit bigger than the largest…

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12.06.2025

Courting Season - 10,000 Birds

I have always believed in the wonder of our own backyards. I may have traveled far from home to find new birds, but I learned so much about bird behaviour when…

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11.06.2025

Bird Guides of the World: Kwame Brown, Ghana - 10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? Yellow-Headed Picathartes. What is your name, and where do you live? Kwame Brown, Accra, Ghana. What are the main regions or…

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10.06.2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Footsteps Eco Lodge, Gambia - 10,000 Birds

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Quite difficult to pin it down to one bird…

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Birding Spitzkoppe, Namibia - 10,000 Birds

Searching for vultures in India - 10,000 Birds

If You Walk with Wolves - 10,000 Birds

An Interview with Larry Chen, a major contributor to eBird - 10,000 Birds

Species Spotlight: Sri Lanka Blue Magpie - 10,000 Birds

Hannah and Erik Go Birding; Briefly Birding on Long Island - 10,000 Birds

The sad case of the disappearing penguins - 10,000 Birds

Top 7 Beautiful Birds - 10,000 Birds

Three Birds. Three Continents. - 10,000 Birds

Family Time - 10,000 Birds

Ask a Birder: Who likes birds more, people living in Seattle or in Berlin? - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Shay Xie, China - 10,000 Birds

Birding the Wuyuan area in Winter - 10,000 Birds

Birding Lodges of the World: Surrey Bird Sanctuary & Holiday Resort Welimada - 10,000 Birds

Three Photos: Blue Eyerings - 10,000 Birds

Balik Kampung - More Malaysian Business Birding - 10,000 Birds

Welcoming AviList - 10,000 Birds

Species Spotlight: Amur Paradise Flycatcher - 10,000 Birds

Bird Nerd Book Club: Bird Talk by Becca Rowland - 10,000 Birds

Seven Memorable Birding Experiences Of Our Writers - 10,000 Birds

Good News, Bad News - 10,000 Birds

Ask A Birder: What Is the Smartest Bird? - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Susantha Weerappuli, Sri Lanka - 10,000 Birds

Don’t Sleep on Birding Long Island - 10,000 Birds

Birding Lodges of the World: Earth Lodge, Malaysia - 10,000 Birds

Birding Raden Soerjo Forest Park, East Java, Indonesia (Part 1) - 10,000 Birds

Three Photos: Urbanization! - 10,000 Birds

Why it is not always fun to be a foreign birder in China - 10,000 Birds

Birding Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa - 10,000 Birds

Analogue vs. digital birding - 10,000 Birds

Not everything that flies is a bird - 10,000 Birds

Species Spotlight: Streaked Weaver - 10,000 Birds

Sometimes It’s Just That Easy - 10,000 Birds

Seven “Spark Birds” Of Our Writers - 10,000 Birds

Ask a Birder: What are the smallest and the biggest bird species? - 10,000 Birds

Courting Season - 10,000 Birds

Bird Guides of the World: Kwame Brown, Ghana - 10,000 Birds

Birding Lodges of the World: Footsteps Eco Lodge, Gambia - 10,000 Birds

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