10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

America 222

America Industry Squirrels Birds 222

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.

Trinidad 189

Trinidad Birds South America Research 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. The where and how of egg laying and larva emergence is briefly treated, with page references to larval drawings at the back of the book. The Behaviour paragraph includes flight pattern and mating habits.

Ireland 168

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 168