10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
It’s a well-known fact that southeast Arizona in summer is awesome. My first birding trip ever was to Arizona. Here are some of the best experiences of my excellent trip. It was time to drive south and up, to the Sky Islands of southeast Arizona. At least for birders. Now, years later, it was time to return.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Unlike some of us who started birding in midlife, Rogers brings to her new passion an adventurous history of a life lived outdoors–rock climbing (serious rock climbing, not in a gym), kayaking, ballooning, environmental stewardship, time in Alaska and Antarctica–which she uses to inform her new birding experiences.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). It’s not always easy reading. Don’t worry.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Given my west coast experience, I have made dedicated birding trips to several of the more predictable birding hotspots. ” Southern Arizona , including visits to Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve. Geography is destiny. They include: Southern Florida , with stops at places such as J.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2012
Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station in Toronto had an extremely rare and beautiful Townsend’s Warbler x Black-throated Gray Warbler which was banded in April. However, as regular readers will remember, I finally defeated my nemesis bird over Thanksgiving break at Veterans Oasis Park Chandler, Arizona.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. Rick has also written the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Arizona and the ABA Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey and is a past beat writer for 10,000 Birds.
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