10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
January is sort of a birding sprint – you start fresh and, all of a sudden, head for them all. In a typical birding year, no other month will bring you that many new species as January. The other advantage of this month is that the International Waterbird Census has been organized in mid-winter for more than 50 years, so most of your observations can be put to a very good use.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
It’s that time of the year again! Big cats are taking over Nat Geo WILD starting on Monday Feb. 20 at 9/8c.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species ( Anas platyrhynchos ) cuts a fine form with his iridescent emerald dome and chestnut breast. A female mallard possesses plumage as dull as her partner’s is bold, a frock of forgettable grays, browns, and blacks. Yet you would be wise to take a second look at that mallard hen.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
When we get days on end of trying to bird under a stormy sky we sometimes have to admit defeat and stay home! When even the bitumen roads are being closed due to flooding then you know you just have to wait it out and the birding will be greatly improved once the tropical lows pass through. It doesn’t mean you have to entirely give up on looking at birds and using your observation skills, though.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Many people I know are taking vacations this week, partially because schools in my area observe Winter Recess and partially because getting away after months of winter feels like a well-earned reward. Whether you’re home or away this weekend, reward yourself with some birds! I’m only getting away for a night in rural Pennsylvania, but hope that the feeders at my mother-in-law’s place are buzzing with activity.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 11, 2017
Each time I see a rail, it confounds the conventional wisdom that these are secretive, crepuscular birds. During a recent walk, I brought along my wife instead of my binoculars and camera. This proved to be a mistake in so many ways. The Lady Gannet is given to chat and can be quite distracting with her monologues on kitchen flooring and the virtues of eggshell paint.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
There’s lots of disheartening stuff going on in the bird world this week, so let’s start with some love in the air, in honor of Valentine’s Day: An avian version of “The Dating Game” at a Chicago-area zoo aims to reveal how best to manage mating in captivity. New research in The Auk suggests that small drones may be a good way to count songbirds. Bad news: The massive Common Murre die-off along the U.S. and Canadian West Coasts last year appears to be caused by warmer-than-usual water which de
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Now that we have returned to our adopted home of La Paz, Mexico, our bones are starting to thaw out from the trip to chilly Seattle. Last Saturday, I was walking around the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, on a cloudy, gray 28F morning. One week later, I am strolling thru the Baja Sur Cactus Sanctuary, with a much more comfortable, sunny 86 degrees.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
The second weekend of February offers much to bird lovers and love birds alike. Hope you made the best of it! We birders tend to be excellent at making the best of what others might consider bad situations. For example, when life gives me hundreds of boring gulls, I try to make at least one of them a less boring gull. I thought I’d have to settle for a surprising number of Great Black-backed Gulls amidst flocks of Ring-billed , but for once in a very, very long time, I pulled a white-winge
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
In case you hadn’t noticed, blogging, both publishing and perusing , has transformed dramatically over the years. Since I first started hand-coding 10,000 Birds using Microsoft Frontpage in 2003 , we’ve seen all manner of technology (e.g., rss ) and trends (e.g., blog carnivals ) come and go. 10,000 Birds has ridden the waves of blog proliferation, consolidation, and gradual decimation by social media, but we’re still going strong.
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