10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation.

California Condor 190

California Condor Falcons California Birds 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

(A press release about the study likened the contrast to “the differences between humans with and without freckles.”) On the opposite end of the spectrum is new research considering Yellow-rumped Warblers. Genetic-based research published in The Auk indicates that the four variants of “butternuts” include at least three full species.

Guatemala 107

Guatemala Research Morals Science 107

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time!

Costa Rica 227

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 227

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. The history of the Wild Turkey, the reduction to its original range, and its re-expansion and re-introduction, remains today unclear and in need of further research.

Turkey 210

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 210