America: Land of (birding) Opportunity Project progress – Bird Families of the World 108/250 44% My first visits to US were business and family trips (not “bird families trips”… ). So, as an accidental birder, I used this opportunity to get some new birds and families. One family to be mentioned is Silky-flycatchers: Phainopepla is […]
Out to Africa! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 98/250 40% Thanks to my friend Martin Meir, we experienced my first overseas birding adventure – Kenya! And here I am, on the foothills of the Kilimanjaro writing my field notes. Armed with basic field guide and some rumors, we wandered on some East […]
from birdwatcher to birder in ten families Project progress – Bird Families of the World 71/250 29% Twitching was not a common term in the early 80’s, but some surveys like autumn raptors migration in Kafer Kasem fields, or spring migration survey in Eilat (photo above with Hadoram Shirihai & Yaron Baser) along with other […]
exploring the desert, the nights, the seas and all around Project Progress – Bird Families of the world 61/250 25% There are other birder around! Learning from others experience, especially from the legendary Ehud Dovrat – these bird families have been added: 47. Family #18: Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae) | Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse 48. Family #19: Bustards (Otididae) | […]
first bird migration survey Project progress – Bird Families of the World 46/250 19% Autumn 1977, Migration survey at Zaranik, North Sinai. Mediterranean shore contributed 3 new bird families: 44. Family #14: Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) | Greater Flamingo 45. Family #53: Skuas and Jaegers (Stercorariidae) | Parasitic Skua 46. Family #64: Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae) | Sooty Shearwater My project: Milestones […]
there are birds all over… Project Progress – Bird Families of the world 43/250 17% Visiting wet sites, especially fish ponds, opened my mind to 11 new common bird families. During years Ma’agan Michael ponds provide some “firsts for Israel” and other rarities. 33. Family #8: Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl (Anatidae) | Eurasian Teal 34. Family #15: […]
out and about – exploring field birds nearby Project Progress – Bird Families of the world 32/250 13% Wandering around home, I discovered my next new 14 bird families: 19. Family #13: Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies (Phasianidae) | Chukar 20. Family #27: Swifts (Apodidae) | Common Swift 21. Family #39: Thick-knees (Burhinidae) | Eurasian Thick-knee 22. Family #44: Plovers […]
Discovery on our backyard – first birds Project Progress – Bird Families of the world 18/250 7% Like many other kids, who saved their pennies in children saving program, I received an encouraging gift from the bank: Our County’s Birds Guide, with the beautiful paintings of Walter Ferguson, describing the 100 commonest birds of Israel, […]