10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand toda

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 28, 2014

'We have a special giveaway today. You might know Susie as the winner of the 2014 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards. Susie has a special story, and a movie has been made all about it. We have a DVD … Continue reading → The post Susie’s Hope Movie Giveaway appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

'This blog had 1,530 visits during November, which is an average of 51.0 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 73.6.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2014

'Few if any species are as emblematic of the Neotropics as Ramphastidae, the family that includes the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. Even non-birders can appreciate the huge-billed and colorful birds. Costa Rica has more than its fair share of these charismatic creatures to the point where the first edition of The Birds of Costa Rica features an Emerald Toucanet and the second edition, just published, features the subject of this post, the Collared Aracari.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

'Any birdwatcher who has traveled widely knows that the success of an birding expedition depends far more on who is charge of finding birds than on the birds themselves. Where an average guide makes you feel like you have front row seats to a special show, a truly great birding guide pulls back the curtain and takes you backstage to hobnob with the stars.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2014

'Many readers of 10,000 Birds are more than the casual birdwatcher…they are hopeless bird junkies. Truly depraved birding addicts. It may not take long for a birder to reach this sad and despicable state…it can take someone 5 months just as easily as it can take someone 5 years. The question for the addict is, how does one keep birding fresh?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'It all started during the icy February of 1996. The night temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, were already below minus 10 Celsius / 14 degrees Fahrenheit for two weeks. Everything was frozen solid and pack ice floating down the Danube. Hiding from the elements at the riverbank, I was sitting in a Yugo and staring at the murky sky. Whenever the windscreen got frozen, I could not afford to turn the engine on due to petrol shortages (during the UN embargo on the import of fuel to the former Yugoslav

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

'The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. It varies in appearance across its enormous range, and a new genetic study — Dispersal and speciation in purple swamphens (Rallidae: Porphyrio) — bolsters the case that this “supertramp” is actually a superspecies that could be split into six different species.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'That’s Redgannet’s BBOTY at the top of the post. Read on to find out what it is! 2014 has been a good year for us at 10,000 Birds. We’ve traveled to lots of places, seen lots of great birds, and met lots of great birders. Also, we think we’ve done a pretty good job of sharing our stories with you. Hopefully, you’ve enjoyed them!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2014

'Talk about ambitious! Noah Strycker, author of The Thing with Feathers and Among Penguins , will be doing a world-wide Big Year in 2015. Rather than the frantic travel of a “normal” Big Year this one will feature one continuous trip covering lots of turf with a particular focus on the tropics because that is where the birds are. Noah announced this ambitious project back in October, saying: It’s true!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2014

'No, you’re not going crazy. This is the second post on 10,000 Birds about hummingbirds at Catarata del Toro in less than a month. Such are the risks you take reading a blog written by birders who sometimes go birding together. Patrick’s post was excellent and informative and we certainly can’t let that stand! People like you might start thinking that 10,000 Birds is a reputable blog or something.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2014

'Floyd Bennett Field, the old airport in Brooklyn with lots of acreage that serves multiple purposes, from an NYPD training facility to a community garden, to athletic fields to a campground, has long been a place that birders appreciate. Most recently it hosted a Cassin’s Kingbird , New York State’s second record. But for some intrepid Brooklyn birders, Cassin’s Kingbird isn’t enough of a prize for one fall.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

'And that’s a wrap. The calendar year 2014 has just about run its course. It’s all over but the year bird counting, so take stock of any species you’ve added this weekend. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was New York State’s first Couch’s Kingbird in the incongruous location of the West Village in Manhattan. A more unlikely spot for the first record of a tyrant flycatcher could scarce be imagined but there it was, hawking insects and delighting birders and pa

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'The danger of reviewing a field guide to the birds of an exotic country you’ve never been to is that you become obsessed with visiting that country, no matter how far away and how expensive it may be. 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.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2014

'What was your first bird of 2015? Hopefully it was as cool as the Short-eared Owl above, which was my first bird of 2014! Let us know in the comments…and, if you wrote a blog post or have a picture of your first bird of the year online somewhere, well, leave a link in the comments too. Happy New Year from all of us at 10,000 Birds! And here’s hoping you see many great birds, including lots of lifers, in 2015!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

'Well, this time next week I’ll be winging my way to Cape Town via Auckland and Singapore (air transport is weird sometimes), so this is my last beat post of the year. As New Zealand’s beat writer I think I’ve done an okay job of discussing the birding of an entirely different island for most of the year, so it’s only fair that I keep that winning streak going by talking about my target for the trip.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2014

'Pigeons get no respect. More reviled than perhaps any other species for the mess they make, their copious poop, and their general ubiquity, they are disliked, cursed, and stuck with monikers like “rat with wings.” But the Feral Pigeon has much about it that should be admired. They are survivors, able to exist in urban centers, farm fields, and almost anywhere in between.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are among the most polarizing birds. They fulfill and important ecological and sanitary role by consuming dead, often diseased animals, as well as human generated organic waste. But as their numbers increase, so are the instances where human and Black vultures come in conflict. Black vultures have increased in numbers throughout the species extensive geographic range, and this increase seems to correlate to the human population growth.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2014

'A campaign was launched this week to vote for Britain’s National bird. The incumbent Robin (for anyone living to the west of the Atlantic, this is a European Robin, but it is such a popular and well known bird here, it needs no introduction), was enthroned during the 60’s and although it is (in my opinion) an excellent choice, it was not chosen by an open vote, so the British public now has the opportunity to express their preference in a campaign spearheaded by David Lindo, AKA T

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

'After wrapping up our time in the highlands of Honduras, Chris Lotz (owner of international bird tour company Birding Ecotours ) and I arrived at the deservedly famous Pico Bonito Lodge. Prior to arriving, I had very high expectations as to the quality of the rooms, cuisine, and hospitality at this lovely lodge nestled in the foothills of Pico Bonito National Park.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

'It must suck to be called “ Brown Prinia “ Try as I might, I can’t think of a name that implies more boredom and more unattractiveness, and is less apt at attracting the interest of birders. From a birder’s perspective however, this is both a shame and a blessing, as I will show below based on my observations of the species on the island of Java in November.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'Yes! After what I can only presume were some very frustrating delays, registration for the 2015 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is now ready to go on their website ! Register, show up, and enjoy the great birds that Florida has to offer in January. If you’re interested, I’ll be co-leading the Viera Wetlands trip on 21 January, the Black Rail trip on 23 January, and the Marl Bed Flats trip on 25 January.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

'I can’t wait to be in Florida! The 18th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is less than a month away and while we don’t have snow down yet here in New York City I am pretty sick of cold weather and could use some warmth and Florida sunshine! Hopefully, you’ll be joining me at the festival and if you are I thought you might like to know which field trips I am co-leading so that you can sign up for all of them.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2014

'Eddy Rabbitt sang about loving a rainy night but in Costa Rica, hummingbirds love a rainy day. They sing the praises of rain loud and clear with their usual range of high-pitched chipping and sputtering complaints. Despite spending my fair share of soggy birding days in the tropics, I hadn’t realized just how much hummingbirds do love the rain until a recent experience at the Catarata del Toro , central Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2014

'I have participated in something like twenty Christmas Bird Counts since I started birding in 2005. My first count was the Albany County Christmas Bird Count in December of 2005 and I can remember seeing Ruffed Grouse (that I flushed after slamming the car door in my excitement and newbie-ness), being extraordinarily bored when we had to count a very large mixed flock of Mallards and American Black Ducks , and having delicious, body-warming chili at the compilation dinner.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2014

'The variation in colour of Striated Herons can be quite remarkable and around Broome they are generally very pale along the coast despite some very dark rocky outcrops. I have observed some extremely pale birds recently here in Broome and it reminded me of the incredibly dark Striated Heron that I found in Palmerston in the Northern Territory a few weeks ago.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'As of this writing we here at 10,000 Birds are pleased to say that we have 14, 787 “likes” on our Facebook page. We’re pretty happy about that as it allows us to share our content to lots of people that might not otherwise come across it. Have you like us on Facebook yet? Why not? Get to it! And always feel free to share our posts on your social networks.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

'Over the fifteen years that we have lived permanently in Broome we have never been north to our closest town, Derby, during December. Derby is approximately 225 kilometres from Broome and has had almost three times the rainfall that Broome has had so far this month and so we thought it would be interesting to go and investigate the various birding areas that we knew of from other visits during our dry months.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Did you survive the double-barreled assault of Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Before you judge rabid deal hunters and conspicuous consumers too harshly, imagine how long you might wait on line for special deals on rare bird sightings? How early in the morning would you wake up for a guaranteed fallout of migrants? Considering the recent Murrelet Incident at Point Reyes and the many instances like it, we should all carefully assess the glass houses of obsession in which we dwell before casting s

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