10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2015

Travel means new ecosystems. New ecosystems mean new birds. Summer often means vacation. Vacations mean travel. See why I love summer? My travels with family to the coast of Virginia have already yielded a bevy of birds I usually only see once a year.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Passionate about birds, the role they play in ecosystems and the array of amazing adaptations that help them thrive in every corner of our planet. Born and raised in Costa Rica, I have a degree in ecotourism and have been leading nature and birding tours for more than 20 years.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Massive trees with serpentine buttresses stood like giant feet, supporting the entire canopy ecosystem that by this time was swaying in the wind. As we crested a small hill on the trail a bright red spot on a tree caught my eye. No question about it being a woodpecker – a most beautiful one at that!

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JANUARY 8, 2022

Not quite there yet… perhaps some day but not until most of us humans live in a sustainable manner that does not excavate and alter basic ecosystem functions we depend on. In the meantime, 2022 also represents another year to celebrate and enjoy birds.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Unfortunately, this paradise’s ecosystem is now threatened by alleged illegal mining operations. Sibuyan Island is a stunning paradise and home to a significant portion of Philippine endemism. It boasts crystal-clear waters, dense rainforests, breathtaking waterfalls, and magnificent mountains teeming with life.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

No matter how many phenomenal birds you spotted or how many glorious ecosystems you explored in 2014, your year list is now reset to zero (though most of you probably rectified that matter on New Year’s Day!) Happy New Year, nature lovers! A pristine weekend lies before you like an untroubled field of freshly fallen snow.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Apparently, the buying price per Blue-naped Parrot in Bataraza town in Palawan is only about US$ 4 while its value for trade and tourism is about US$ 100 and its ecological value in forest ecosystems is US$ 3600 per bird. Unfortunately, this may not impress the villager who can earn US$ 4 for a trapped bird. Or US$ 8 for the pair below.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2022

They can’t provide the same ecosystem value as natural forest and woodland but in places intensely modifed by people, hedges are vital sanctuaries for birds and other wildlife. Hedgerows are living fences and windbreaks, lines of green space that bisect fields and pastures.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Without pointing to specifics, it is safe to say that the world seems pretty scary right now, particularly for those of us concerned with protecting nature and endangered animals and ecosystems. Good thing Halloween has arrived to replace real fears with pretend ones.

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AUGUST 18, 2018

The current administration can now start construction on any of the public lands along the border with no concern for habitats, ecosystems, or wildlife. We are now in the 21st Century and understand that ecosystems include all living and nonliving components and their interactions. Public lands at risk. Image by NPCA.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

He added, “Our findings are a warning flag that we can’t just look at a snapshot of forest health as it appears now—we need to think about preserving the ecosystem processes that will allow forests to survive in the future.” The scientists hope to expand the scope of their study to examine how humans affect global ecosystems.

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MARCH 9, 2023

I had some books on worldwide biomes, but they were too general to help me understand the ecosystems I was about to dive into. Yes, I had local bird books, but only during my second tour of Costa Rica did I finally buy a mammal guide, and only after my trip to Colombian Amazon did I obtain a habitat guide.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

For long term survival and wellbeing, we need to get more people refocused on nature near them, help them realize that they are connected to and rely on healthy ecosystems. Such modern vision is focused on a false path to happiness. Maybe they could relearn that connection by watching the antics of an American Redstart?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2022

In being wonderfully obvious, such birds become avian ambassadors, special “signature” species with the potential to raise bird awareness, to reconnect crucial links between people and the nature that surrounds them, with the ecosystems they partake in. As one might expect, signature birds take many forms.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. Lots of birds, a lot of really cool birds! The Emerald Tanager is one of those cool ones. These are the plants and animals that strive to persist in the realm of Homo sapiens.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2014

The “canary in a coalmine” metaphor has widespread implications: birds that aren’t doing so well can mean other things in nature, like ecosystems and climate and us, aren’t doing well, either. But this hyperfocus can also mean seeing the proverbial trees while myopically not noticing the forest.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2015

The beginning of October is full of flux, with two seasons clashing and entire ecosystems changing to prepare for the season to come. Highly volatile times can deliver terrific birding. Or terrible birding. How was yours? Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was not a wind-blown seabird like he was hoping.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Native species need to be protected at all cost even if.like in Australia stray house cats will die.Goverment is doing a service to its ecosystem and you have to accapt it. I get prefrences exists but in sicuactions such as invasive species you cant have baises. Thats the reality.It

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

All our products are related to natural conservation areas and part of the profit goes to the funds that Peru Verde uses to preserve these ecosystems. We are committed to nature conservation and our main aim is to preserve biodiversity and environment in each area we operate in.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Being a resident in an ecosystem certainly has its advantages, as does being a breeder (sometimes), but, every once in a while, you should visit someplace where you’re considered an exotic! We all have invasive species on our minds this week, which should serve as an inspiration to those of us interested in expanding our personal range.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

While I saw the one shown here in the early morning, it wasn’t until late in my day that I saw proof of these woodpeckers’ importance to the local ecosystem. One of Paso Ancho’s signature species is the always amusing Gray-Cheeked Woodpecker. Not only woodpeckers like the woodpeckers’ homes.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Since this bird was historically rare, I can’t help but wonder if higher numbers of this species have made some sort of impact on the ecosystems where they spend the winter. It can occur in a variety of habitats including second growth and forest. If they did cause any changes, those would have taken place many years ago.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Or better yet, “Ecosystem.”. The poison used in your product “Hawk” and others like it is killing real hawks, taking them out of the ecosystem, preventing them from doing their job of rodent control, and allowing rats to proliferate. Perhaps their next product will be named “Gills”—or “Turtle” or “Trout” or Salmon?”

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MAY 4, 2011

Check it out and help save an extremely endangered ecosystem. The WWF has some easy steps you can take, as well as an educational hand-shadow film that is well worth watching, on their website.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2015

If you thought that migrant traps and spring in south Texas were birdalicious (and they can indeeed be spectacular), how does an ecosystem with 400 and even 500 plus species tickle your birding fancy?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2015

The answer at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge is to create a pure and vital ecosystem within which birders, botanists, and naturalists of every stripe can follow their bliss without sacrificing comfort. An irreplaceable asset in an ecosystem so very accurately described as very humid rainforest is a 50-foot hardwood canopy tower with a roof.

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Reddit Animals

OCTOBER 22, 2022

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

From Nature : Eben Paxton, of the US Geological Survey’s Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center in Hawaii, and his colleagues analysed data on seven native species of forest bird on Kauai. In a related story, a recent study notes that Kauai, an Island of Hawaii, have lost a lot of birds due to climate change.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Conservation is concerned about protecting populations, species, habitats, ecosystems. I’ve written before at length about how conservation and animal rights , while often drawing on mutual a reverence of nature, are different beasts. Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

The once-thriving ecosystems have been replaced by concrete and pollution, leaving little room for avian diversity to flourish. By raising awareness, supporting conservation efforts, and demanding more sustainable practices, we can strive to protect the remaining bird species and restore balance to Shanghai’s ecosystem.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

They note butterflies, dragonflies, herps; they understand at least a bit about the ecosystems they frequent; they care about environmental issues, from conserving pockets of local green space to fighting climate change. Most birders of my acquaintance are also broader naturalists.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2013

In Central and South America, they are part of the established ecosystem and play an important role, supporting the fauna of the region. The answer caught me out first time round as I had mistaken the colourful brachts for petals. The flower is actually the tiny white bloom surrounded by the varied hues of the brachts.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2013

Perhaps because of threats to the ecosystems of the many places the Arctic Tern visits (Europe, Africa, South America, and North America), it may be on the decline. Clocking more than 50,000 miles per year, the birds appear to have cornered the market on the world’s longest annual migration.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

To protect this woodpecker and the post-fire ecosystems it depends on throughout California, in September 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project petitioned to list the bird under the California Endangered Species Act, earning it “candidate” status in the state, which does offer some protections for the bird.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Just south of town is the Custer Gallatin National Forest; one of the largest intact ecosystems in the contiguous U.S., In the valley of the Yellowstone and Boulder Rivers, snuggled up against Rocky Mountain ranges, sits the little western town of Big Timber, Montana. I ‘found’ this jewel on a paper road atlas many years ago. million acres.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

This land has gone through extensive ecosystem destruction from farming cattle and soybeans. This Chaco ecosystem has very bushy and thorny trees and seem like many of the birds here have grown these crests to better blend in with the surrounding thorny vegetation. The closer we got to J.V.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

On 10000 Birds, I usually write about my love of searching for avian friends in local hotspots or novel ecosystems. Every concrete step we take is one more step towards protecting the bird species we love.

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