10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2022

Mosco is also the author of Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons about the Natural World (2018, a collection of Bird and Moon comics); co-author of several children’s books, including The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid (2018) with Dylan Thuras and Joy Ang, Butterflies Are Pretty … Gross!

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2018 New York City Birds Abandon 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

” The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K. The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. The downside of the size (and quality of paper) is that this is a fairly heavy book, about 2.5

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

The next volume in this three-book series is now out: Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus by Cin-Ty Lee, illustrated by Andrew Birch, and it is as informative and well-organized and lovely to look at as the Empid/Pewee volume. Introductory Material Sixteen species, 190 pages.

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Los Angeles North America Species America 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than a reference book with images of birds and facts about their identifying field marks. There are large avian handbooks and small ‘how-to bird’ guides, and quite a few excellent books of both types have been published.

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Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. The resulting book, 616 pages in length, 6.4 The resulting book, 616 pages in length, 6.4

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 220

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

Jake’s favorite before-bedtime book when he was just a bit younger was Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, a picture book I had picked up at a nature center. By the middle of the book, Jake and his younger brother Zach would be chiming in, “I want my mommy,” and when Mama Owl finally return, they would rejoice along with the owlets.

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Birds Owls Switzerland Lions 205

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. Some people love books like that. Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

And so, I turn to Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts for the Field , the new book by George L. This is a very different book from what I expected, less of a handbook and more of a comprehensive identification text on 24 groups of birds, presented in words and photographs. Armistead and Brian L.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Every now and then you read a book which you believe should be read by everyone on the planet. Nature’s Best Hope by American entomologist and conservationist, Doug Tallamy, is such a book. The book is simply yet persuasively written, filled with scientific and historical evidence to make his case.

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 261

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2024

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) Notwithstanding the fact that nearly all of the endemics and other native species are extinct the islands of St Helena and Ascension remain very popular for birdwatchers and especially photographers because they are both major breeding sites for seabirds. BirdLife international has designated St.

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Birds Madagascar ALA 2000 198

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding. 2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding. This is an introductory guide, as are all the guides in the ABA series, and it is an excellent one. Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

Every bird book seems to be about the west coast this month!) I was not planning to do either, but I was going to Catalina Island with my daughter, Sarah, and her boyfriend, Todd, and the hour-long boat ride there and back sounded like an excellent opportunity to try this book out in the field. This is a small book, 56 pages long.

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Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Two books, two authors, two countries bursting with neotropical avian diversity. Since the books share authors and a creation process, I thought I would review them together. There is no reason expertise and talent cannot be shared across field guides when the books are published close together, like these are.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This book is a field guide treat for traveling birders and birders who love to fantasize about travel, answering that age-old question, “I’m going on a trip to [fill in the blank—Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras], what field guide should I use?”. Of course, this is an identification guide, not a coffee table book.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2024

There is a book on the species, but it is out of print and seems impossible to find even in online secondhand bookstores. If (like me) you want to feel bad about it, you may want to read the review of the book here. Where is the movie about his life then? Back to the eagle.

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Eagles Sea Lions Bears Russia 130

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Felt Dogs is an adorable craft book that teaches you how to make little dogs from felt. The book is packed full of different breeds to delight any dog lover. The book teaches a technique called needle felting. I also loved the step by step photos in the book, which makes it easy for beginners or experts to follow.

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Dogs Pets Breeding Animal 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. The book is focused on suburban living, with little attention given to the unique challenges of urban bird feeding.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

So, when Redgannet asked me if I was interested in reviewing Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition , by Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps, a book he had acquired at Birdfair, I hesitated. Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species?

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Brunei Birds Asia China 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I could go on and on, it’s that kind of a book—a comprehensive treatment of a species we respect and adore, based on the most current research, written in a style that, while factual, is from the author’s viewpoint, flavoring facts with a witty, observant personal quality. Scott Weidensaul is a nature writer with roots in journalism.

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The book ends with three indexes, of scientific, English and Afrikaans names. This region is so far from the northern breeding grounds that there are no migratory corridors to show. uncommon), as well as when it breeds in the region. My personal preference is the paper book and I am ready to carry it.

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Africa South Africa Swaziland Lesotho 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

(One of my ornithologist friends commented, “I hope they stay to breed there.” Any shot of a Great Egret that has caught a big fish is good in my book. ” And so do I.) The ducks stayed far enough away to keep me from taking any great photos. And here’s what they look like later on.

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Ducks Fish Breeding Species 221

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The book ends with further reading suggestions, list of useful websites, and the index of both English and scientific names. That antiquity produces a high level of endemism, e.g. 19% of 62 breeding birds are endemic to the islands! Seychelles’ small landmass combined with geographic isolation results in few species.

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Seychelles Wildlife Tortoises Fish 223

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

This is a very good thing; it means they publish a lot of books about birds (probably more at this point than U.S. This is a hefty book, 560 pages long and dimensions of 6.3 The book’s organization reflects the authors’ goal of making this a guide accessible to birders of all levels and skill.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Steve, another member of our birding group, also had a field guide by Kenefick, Restall, and Hayes, but his was bordered in GREEN, had a slightly different title, and, to my extreme chagrin, was much more recent, showing the recently split Trinidad Motmot instead of the Blue-crowned Motmot on my book’s cover. I was confused.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds , by Lawrence Niles, Joanna Burger, and Amanda Dey, is a book with a mission. The numbers, as detailed in this book, are alarming: the horseshoe crab harvest grew from less than 100,000 in 1992 to over 2.5 million in the late 1990’s.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A new book about the angelic-looking, identification-stumping birds of the oceans, rivers, and marshes has finally been published! That would be Terns of Europe and North America by Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson, published in 1995, another fantastic book, but out-of-print and in need of an update. Tern lovers rejoice!

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North America America Species Groups 193

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The Pough & Eckelberry guides (add in artist Earl L Poole who did black-and-white drawings for the later titles) were notable for Pough’s discursive text and Eckelberry’s lovely painted portraits, and many older birders have stories about how they were inspired by these books. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2022

For species with more than one subspecies in the region, the separate resident/breeding ranges of the distinct subspecies are indicated on the map. As a rule of thumb, all books that I reviewed were of noticeably high quality. The taxonomy follows the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World.

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Thailand Colombia 2018 Groups 147

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

If you’re a homebody who cherishes your quiet time, you most likely don’t want a talkative breed that requires constant exercise, for example. Although every dog is a unique individual, there are characteristics that are inherent in certain breeds which could help you find the right dog for your personality type.

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Breeding Rights Lifestyle Dogs 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2022

In the previous period I wrote mostly book reviews (but of some really great books ), yet I cannot remember when the last time was that I wrote of birding itself? A few Eurasian Tree Sparrows land by my car as I am scanning for Purple and Squacco Herons , Pygmy Cormorants and Black-necked Grebes in their brilliant breeding plumage.

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Breeders Mules Farming Fish 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

edited by the Pasadena Audubon Society, with illustrations by Catherine Hamilton and photographs by many, are two very different books. we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. Small and others and Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area, 2nd ed.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

But I insisted he try the blood and violence guy, and he humored me, only to send me, later, a longish email, pointing out the flaws in my judgment and in the book and the author, and closing with this: “Since I didn’t care for any of his characters, I really didn’t care who killed whom.”. Fair enough.

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Humane 2018 Laws Science 127

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 1, 2010

We recently got a review copy of a great new book called Shift Your Habit: Easy Ways to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Save the Planet , which is going to be available on March 9th. We really enjoyed the book a lot! The author, Elizabeth Rogers, is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book.

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Humane Society Of The United States Purebred Adoptable Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. And, this is a good book that I think 10,000 Birds readers will enjoy. photo by Lynn C.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 221

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I have visited my local landfill for the last seven years, usually several times per winter, only to recently stumble upon a book called the Landfill! here and here ), Tim Dee devoted an entire book to it and I just had to read it. When I visited it, the Scole Inn had that kind of cozy, book-reading-by-the-fireplace feeling.

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Angola United Kingdom Mozambique Botswana 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In the non-breeding season, Common Merganser all look pretty much like females. Not a bad look though – more attractive than the male breeding plumage, I think. Carrion Crows like to think of themselves as very modern birds. To enhance this image, they very much like to pose on power lines.

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Birds Germany India 2018 202