10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2024

45 of these bulbuls were unlucky enough to be dissected for an analysis of their stomach content, resulting in a paper for the Journal Of Oil Palm Research. My inquiry included the following sentence: “Do you have female bird guides (I have had good experiences with them here in China)?”

Vietnam 180

Vietnam Zebras Birds Sparrows 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The only unfortunate thing was that Corey was not even halfway up the pond and had to content himself with distant scope looks at the avocets from the Raunt. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

2019 121

2019 Jamaica Birds Eggs 121

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Though it is marketed as a “Guide to Every Family” there is no table of contents to the families, just listings of the introductory pages for each suborder. The back-of-the-book material gets more detailed treatment in the table of contents than the core of the book! They just look so content and stable!

Turtles 211

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 211

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 23, 2017

Building strategy Employer Branding Strategies Conference Sometimes an immersive experience is just want you need to inspire and learn. I spoke at this conference last week and was blown away by the content, networking with other EB managers and Recruiting Leaders, and learned a ton while enjoying the great city of Chicago.

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Branding Campaign Industry Chicago 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You may remember back in 2017 when Nate participated in this trip or maybe you followed along in 2018 as the Birdchick dazzled us with her experiences there. We’ll be attending the 3rd African Birding Expo and the pre-Expo familiarity tour. I mean, what even is an alethe? Or a hyliota? ” That helped, right?). (You

Uganda 166

Uganda Africa Gorillas Reptiles 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2015

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. This gorgeous forest at the southern tip of Irondequoit Bay is positively filthy with Yellow Warblers and Eastern Pewees , but I was most pleased by a pair of House Wrens caring for a brood in their birdhouse. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2015 162

2015 Birds Experience Experiments 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2018

The Red Bead Experiment with Dr. W. Lessons from the Red Bead Experiment with W. Red Bead Experiment (a longer video than the excerpts from this that are listed above): 2,100 views (2 years – 5,300). And the great content is not limited to the most popular videos, there are many wonderful videos that receive fewer views.

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2017 PDSA 2015 2013 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that contentedly foraged while Corey digiscoped. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2016 Legislation Jamaica Laws 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

I am disappointed that there are no hyperlinks available; for example, you can’t click on a page in the Table of Contents and go directly to that chapter. The full title of this exceptional book by Marie Read is Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior.

Birds 199

Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

Owls 224

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The next 336 pages are devoted to reserve guides (pity, the reserves are not covered in the Contents, only the countries are). Low Bing Wen is a terrestrial ecologist and a keen birdwatcher with more than 20 years of field experience in Southeast Asia, India, China and Australasia.

Asia 231

Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Most people can live with that, content in the knowledge that much of the year was spent in pursuit of worthy goals and satisfied to glide towards year’s end. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. are pretty much set. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2013 157

2013 Birds Owls Experience 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2023

Trying to breed the species in an aviary provided some disappointments, for example with regard to their nest-building abilities: “I don’t know what previous experience the birds had at nest construction, but their attempt was pretty pathetic” ( source ). I think I pointed out in previous posts that mammals are kind of evil.

Hamburgers 222

Hamburgers Birds Science China 222

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The answers are: (1) the definition is what the authors have decided based on their experience and knowledge of taxonomy, and (2) the terms ‘oceanic birds’ and ‘seabirds’ are interchangeable (so, I will use both in this review). In addition there is a brief Index.

Albatross 167

Albatross North America Birds Groups 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Nestled between the Huangpu River and the East China Sea, Shanghai offers a captivating blend of urban charm and natural wonders, making it a must-visit destination for birders seeking a unique and diverse avian experience. But anyway, my main point of contention is the style, not the facts.

China 176

China Endangered Species Sanctuary Protection 176

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It was a very pleasant experience. But today I am approaching it from a different angle…I will speak not of whether or not it causes stress or disturbance to birds (the usual point of contention), but rather how it causes stress and disturbance to birders. Florida Canyon, AZ. 7) had a blog post that got me thinking.

San Francisco 232

San Francisco New York Experience Experiments 232

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2011

There are, of course, a host of other options available where you can push your content but StumbleUpon, Reddit, and Tumblr all seem a bit difficult to use to regularly recruit readers and the first two seem to frown upon users who use them simply to publicize their own content. That said, it seems a poor bet to gamble against Google.

Rights 178

Rights Birds Groups Lions 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

First, we are sad to see Dale Forbes go, at least temporarily, as the pressures of his job are too much for him with the added pressure of producing great content every other week here on 10,000 Birds. We will miss him and his “Looking Out From The Alps” but we do hope that when his job slows down a bit that he will be back.

Experience 156

Experience Experiments Family Birds 156

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2014

I repeat, the sight of a roadrunner moseying around this neighborhood like a contented outdoor cat was a strange one. I don’t expect that any bird down the road will allow for an experience as surreal as this one though. Did I make that clear? Roadrunners of suburbia. Who would have thought? Birding Missouri roadrunners'

Missouri 214

Missouri Mississippi Agenda Rodents 214

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

One of the wonderful experiences when birding away from your home turf is the potential to come across creatures other than birds with which you may not be familiar. But I wasn’t content just taking photographs of armadillos: I had to learn what kind of armadillo they are! Nine-banded Armadillo.

Florida 172

Florida Coyotes Wildlife Mammals 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2017

At first the Cooper’s Hawk was content to sit and eat. It was a very rewarding experience watching the hawk feed on the pigeon though perhaps not as memorable as one eating shish kebob. Yes, this was much better! I could really take my time and get some decent shots. Note the half-closed nictating membrane on the eye.

Oakland 105

Oakland Blackbirds Feral Experience 105

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Harrison writes in the introductory section “How To Use This Book”: “The basis of distinguishing confusion species is personal field experience gained over the past 60 or more years of sailing the world’s oceans during which all but one of the more than 430 species contained in this volume have been observed.”

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Habitat is very important to Hashimoto’s art, they are part of her observational and creative experience, and I think it’s this attention to appropriate waters, plants, climate, and time of day that make her bird portraits special. I also love the design of the book itself, credited to Kate Basart of Union Pageworks.

Birds 159

Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 159

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

The contents are a balance of the visual, the factual, and a form of participant-observation, oriented towards people who know little about penguin habitats, life cycles and conservation issues. There is also a great deal of biological and ecological information encapsulated within De Roy’s experiences.

Penguins 209

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

With nine years of experience using it and birding with beginning birders, I would like to update that opinion. This is, in a way, no surprise since it was designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. This is a guide for all birders. The Warbler Guide. 50 maps.

United States 229

United States North America Species 2013 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

.” They conclude that many non-vocalizing Empidonax flycatchers can be identified in the field, but only “when several field characters are used in combination–and after one has gained experience in looking at these characters on singing/calling and captive birds (i.e., known-identity).”**

Los Angeles 225

Los Angeles North America America Species 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2013

Meade-Izzi’s discoveries — that hummingbirds are tiny, and cute, and part of a remarkable food web that demonstrates the interconnectedness of all living things, that they can inspire a human to follow her instincts and work on contentment in her own life — are those of a nature novice, albeit a wildly enthusiastic one.

Stray Cat 172

Stray Cat Stray Zoos Owls 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

One of his most memorable birding experiences was the six months spent in Northeast Brazil performing research on a new species of bird called the Araripe Manakin. Mike is currently the Birding Market Specialist for Nikon Sport Optics and provides outstanding content for the Nikon Birding Blog.

Brazil 160

Brazil Venezuela Iowa Guatemala 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

The Introduction’s sections on “Migration and Vagrancy in Birds” and “Where do North American Vagrants Come From” are the heart of the book, representing the authors’ thoughts on vagrancy patterns, based on years of experience, past ornithological research, and their own data analyses. by Steve N.

North America 259

North America America Birds United States 259

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating. Mentorship is an essential part of the birding experience, and it needs to be encouraged. Just go to the boldfaced page number.

Birds 190

Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2020

Having more than 1300 bird species, including over 75 endemics, it is hard to resist the lure of India – something I know from personal experience. The next 256 pages are devoted to reserve guides (pity, the reserves are not covered in the Contents, only the states are).

India 254

India Lions 2020 Groups 254

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

If the vitamins levels are deficient, your pet could experience fatigue or weakness. is not responsible for the content of this article. Potential for a dull, dry and flaky coat. Vitamins support the immune system; minerals help puppies and kittens grow strong muscles and healthy teeth. Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Kittens 100

Kittens Puppies Pets Fur 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2022

Those large international agencies use reputable local ground agents, and in my experience this creates a safety cocoon around the travellers. Birding agencies seem to stick to their announced plans and no news of cancelled tours had reached the bird tourism market.

Sri Lanka 147

Sri Lanka Ghana Uganda Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. Not many people read an index.

Ducks 240

Ducks Groups Species North America 240

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2011

With their high cellulose content and often raised levels of toxins drawn from the ground, mature leaves can be very difficult to digest so a folivore needs specialised equipment and adapted behaviour to be able to live off them. I learned a new word today and am anxious to show it off and share it with the world.

Monkeys 198

Monkeys Raised Animal Experience 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

Also of use, as Gregory points out in the Introduction, is his experience with painting birds of iridescence, having painted a whole book on sunbirds! It’s easy to forget that Gregory himself has had years of experience with these birds through his ‘day job’ as a bird tour guide for Field Guides, Inc.

Guinea 264

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

I was impressed with book’s design and content. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the group and a table of contents of subgroups that includes brief but key descriptions. It made an identification process I had always found challenging into one that was rational, focused, and even fun.

Dolphins 162

Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162