10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

2011 151

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The Jewel Hunter is heavily laced with Gooddie’s particular brand of broad ironic humor, and I did enjoy that, but I would have traded about 10 percent for a little more insight into the unexpected outcomes of his experience. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. His humor is wicked funny, especially when pointed at birding itself.

Hunters 187

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 187

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. It is Herperia comma, the skipper we call Common Branded Skipper, a smaller orange-brownish skipper with several white spots on its hindwings. 2010; distributed by Princeton University Press. WILDGuides Ltd.,

Ireland 168

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 168