10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2024
By Clive Finlayson Growing up in Gibraltar, it is impossible not to notice large birds of prey, in the thousands, overhead. That, and his father’s influence, got Clive hooked on birds from a very young age. Pu blishing papers, articles, and books on birds aside, Clive is also a keen bird photographer.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Slightly larger than Wales and about the size of the US state of Maryland, this country’s lure is its 703 bird species and three dozen Albertine Rift endemics among them. Ken Behrens is a tour guide for Tropical Birding, originally from Idaho, but now lives in Madagascar. This man is driven, but he gets the birds…”.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2017
From Terry Tempest William’s 1992 bombshell Refuge to Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 blockbuster Wild (now a major-ish motion picture!) Though not a polemic, this book refuses to be shy about race and its practical implications. This unity lets the book rise above its format as a series of short essays and sketches.
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2013
That said, the book contains little that is likely to impress the seasoned birder. This is a shame, because were the text less verbose, I could see the book appealing to a younger audience with more patience for the basic, the obvious, and the odd passage of imaginary dialogue between birds. Reviews book review hummingbirds'
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. What I mostly look for in this book is how to understand those behaviours, how to interpret them. The post “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
The single greatest challenge facing any book of science writing is balance. In each instance they start with a striking anecdote — my particular favorite took place on the University of Montana campus, where in 1964 an American Crow learned to call and taunt stray dogs into causing perhaps the most adorable college riots of the decade.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2018
Thankfully, we have already passed the bit where I humiliate myself in front of 22 Brazilian soccer players by tripping on my laces when trying to kick back their stray football. I first noticed the bird as it flew up from the ground and into the tree. I could not easily identify it straight away and needed to get a better look.
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