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They Grow Up So Quickly
I feel like I owe everyone an apology. It’s been ages since I’ve posted pictures of my children and for that, I am sorry. After all, they are both truly sensational individuals. While 10,000 Birds is older than either of them, Mason and I...
They came, they stayed, they nested
It’s just been announced that a pair of Cattle Egrets have bred in Britain for the first time. There was a large influx of egrets from southern Europe this spring, and breeding has been anticipated for some years. A brief announcement is on the...
So How’d Abuja Suit Ya?
Pretty well, thanks for asking (and, yes, that is the best line I can come up with after just thirty minutes sleep and six hours wandering around a park in Nigeria, sorry). I have to say I was really looking forward to this trip. My Year List has be...
Diamondback Terrapin at Jamaica Bay
In my walk around Jamaica Bay today I saw many cool birds, some neat bugs, and, best of all, a Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) burying her nest. Unfortunately for her eggs, she chose to bury them right in front of a bench on the trail ar...
A Pair of Conjoined Barn Swallows
were found in Arkansas. While conjoined twins would not be big news were they mammals, among birds conjoined twins, formed from a double-yolked egg, are a serious rarity. The specimen (the birds did not survive) will be sent to the Smithsonian. C...
