10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Like many other species, the Chinese Nuthatch is expected to be affected by climate change. For this and a few other species, a 2003 paper tries to estimate this effect and concludes that depending on which of two scenarios will occur, the range reduction will be 79.8-80.4% Third note: no more notes. Let’s move to the birds).

Mongolia 197

Mongolia Hedgehogs Russia Morals 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). I guess it would be wise for Shanghai not to make this species its city bird, as it may not be around for much longer.

Raccoons 224

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 224

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. I say they were butchered, face-off. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders?

Elephants 191

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 191

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Sure, it’s been well over a month since I returned from my fun-filled, family vacation to Honduras but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late to blog about it, right? The avifauna is distinctly Caribbean as well, with some Caribbean species found only on the islands and nowhere else in Honduras. Taxonomy is fun!

Honduras 154

Honduras Birds Butcher Fish 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Since the order went into effect, Claire Butcher continued to feed the ducks in the park and was allegedly observed bringing entire shopping carts filled with food. Will it be sustainably nutritious for them in the years to come (but the nutritional value of corn is a completely different blog post topic)? Are you the local Goose Lady?

Bald Eagle 250

Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 250

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* I love puffins.

Washington 172

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 172