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Bogey birds
Most of us have bogey birds – certain species that for one reason or another elude us for years. Forty years ago my bogey was the Bohemian Waxwing, and by 1986 I was sufficiently keen to see one that I...
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Kaapstad Critique
Cape Town or Kaapstad: I have a love-hate relationship with the town. Maybe that’s too strong, but I am not falling for the tourism bureau hype. For instance, I do not think it is a beautiful city. Its...
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If you have something to say about birds, write a guest post!
We are always looking for interesting guest posts for 10,000 Birds. So if you have something to share about birds, birding trips, bird conservation, a new bird book, or anything else related to birds,...
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Some Winter Passerines on Hokkaido
Preparing this post after just having returned from Sulawesi and Halmahera – where many species proudly wear their island location as part of their names – it is striking how comparatively cosmopolitan...
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Guest Post by Dr. Roberta L. Bondar, Author of “Space for Birds”
Dr. Roberta L. Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contributions to space medicine research, fine art photography, and education on the environment. Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery...
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Island Scrub-Jays on Santa Cruz Island
It is funny the lengths that some of us choose to go to see birds. You may have heard tales of “big year birders” or “big listers” flying across the country when a rarity shows up that they still need...
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Bird Guides of the World: Nick Buys, Namibia
What is your favorite bird species? Rockrunner, a Namibian near endemic What is your name, and where do you live? Nick Buys. living in Windhoek, Namibia What are the main regions or locations you...
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The Western Marsh Harrier
This is peak time for the migration of Western Marsh Harriers (Circus aeruginosus) across the Strait of Gibraltar. These birds are heading south-west, many of them crossing the Sahara Desert to...
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Fall is for Raptors
Next to spring, my other eagerly anticipated season is the fall, highlighted by raptor migration. September 1 is when raptor lovers congregate around Toronto’s viewing hotspots. We check the weather...
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10 Things I Like About Birding
Of course, there are things that we hate about birding, as per Kai Pflug’s blog of August 15, 2024. But, I think there are so many pluses. Otherwise, why would we be getting up early, baking in the sun...
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Not a Hudsonian Godwit. But what?
By Mike Lubow An award-winning creative director, now retired, Mike Lubow has channeled his love of birding, nature, the Colorado mountains, and writing into his first novel, The Idea People. A...
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Will bird books go the way of the Dodo?
I’m sitting writing this in my study, its walls lined with books on birds and natural history. However, a worrying thought has struck me: is the book as we know it doomed, destined to die out as surely...
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French Steppe Birding in the Coussouls de Crau
While spending nearly two weeks in southern France for a vacation with my university friends, I could not resist the temptation to sneak away one morning for a small birding outing. I discovered the...
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San Gerardo de Dota: A Journey to the Costa Rican Cloud Forest
There’s something thrilling about getting off a plane and knowing that in just a few hours, you’ll be surrounded by some of the most breathtaking birds on the planet. That’s exactly what you can expect...
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Vultures at the carcass
I was brought up in the old school in which the established dogma, when it came to European vultures at least, was that there was a hierarchy when it came to feeding at carcasses. The story went...
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Concepts of a Plan or Some Kingfishers of South Vietnam
You know, in my posts, I do the weave. You know what the weave is? I’ll talk about like two different things, like, Donald Trump and kingfishers, and they come back brilliantly together, and it’s like,...
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Bird Guides of the World: Kenneth Tumusiime, Uganda
What is your favorite bird species? I love all birds but the Shoebill is my favorite bird. What is your name, and where do you live? My name is Kenneth Tumusiime, I live in Nyabushozi, Kiruhura...
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A Little Queer Natural History
The “clickbait” title for this post could well have been “The gays are making our bears queer” but no, this is a book review, not a cable news show. It is however, a review with a high potential for...
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Some Halmahera Parrots
Parrots are among the most threatened of all birds – of the 202 parrot species of the Old World and Africa, only a bit more than half (54%) are listed as Least Concern. Furthermore, Indonesia is the...
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Someone Said “More Parrots”?
Few people consider the 11th hour the least bit appealing. However, with just over two hours left to go until this post is supposed to be published, here I am reading 10,000Birds and having a good...
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