Viva México! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 133/250 54% The accidental birder business visit to Mexico gain two new families. Full trip report below. 132. Family #66: Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) | Magnificent Frigatebird (photographed in Puerto Rico) 133. Family #83: Trogons (Trogonidae) | Surucua Trogon (photographed in Brazil, Black-headed Trogon ticked in Mexico) […]
Project progress – Bird Families of the World 131/250 53% Originally this is the Long-whiskered Owlet expedition which actually failed (bird heard only?) – but this was a nice push to build up my Neotropic experience. These families now on the list: 124. Family #46: Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae) | Least Seedsnipe 125. Family #60: Penguins (Spheniscidae) […]
Project progress – Bird Families of the World 123/250 50% My first Neotropic experiance was layover gap before our flight to Peru. One day around Sao Paulo, which was good for four new families: 120. Family #10: Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows (Cracidae) | Black-fronted Piping-Guan 121. Family #34: Limpkin (Aramidae) | Limpkin 122. Family #115: […]
Project progress – Bird Families of the World 119/250 48% Business and family trips to Europe contributed five bird families to my project: 115. Family #235: Longspurs and Snow Buntings (Calcariidae) | Snow-Bunting (ticked in Denmark, photographed in Norway) The boat from Kilmore Quay takes to Great Saltee Island, where Alcidae first seen: Atlantic Puffin, […]
More (birding) Opportunities Project progress – Bird Families of the World 114/250 46% Great to do business trips to US, especially if you have time to bird in Georgia and Pennsylvania 111. Family #247: New World Warblers (Parulidae) | Black-and-white Warbler 112. Family #147: Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis (Vireonidae) | Hutton’s Vireo 113. Family #215: […]
on shore Red sea pelagic Project progress – Bird Families of the World 110/250 44% Eilat north beach, near the Jordanian border, is the best land hotspot for seabirds in Israel. The Red Sea, as an extension of the Indian Ocean, provides on one hand countless hours of nothingness, and a few moments of glory […]
Safari! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 109/250 44% Many good memories from Kenya raised during a Tanzanian family safari, and also a tick of dipped bird family: Ground Hornbills. Itinerary: Arusha – Lake Manyara – Lake Eyasi – Ndutu – Serengeti – Ngorongoro 110. Family #86: Ground-Hornbills (Bucorvidae) | Southern Ground-Hornbill (photographed […]
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 […]