10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2019

American grapes are also known as “slip-skinned” fruits, prone to coming loose from their skins quite easily, meaning that few tannins are extracted during pressing. Even though they’re from my home state, I really don’t have much experience with Finger Lakes wines.

Ohio 145

Ohio Philadelphia Fox Blackbirds 145

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

From their press release: A fun, educational website about animals called Animal Fact Guide (www.AnimalFactGuide.com) has just been launched. In addition to wildlife articles, the website also showcases cute animal illustrations and offers fun downloads like kids' coloring pages, word searches, and desktop wallpapers.

Animal 100

Animal Rabbits Wildlife Pets 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Forest Service.

Michigan 248

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 248

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&#

Ducks 178

Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Lawrence Niles was chief of New Jersey’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program for fifteen years and now works for the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, a sponsor of this book. I also liked the authors’ emphasis on the Delaware Bay as a place that can and should accommodate birders and fishermen as well as wildlife.

Delaware 189

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 189

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Items up for bid feature a variety of one-of-a-kind experiences and merchandise. list courtesy of JGI press release}. The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is hosting an online charity auction until November 9th, 2011. Proceeds from the sales will support ongoing programs such as chimpanzee preservation, and many more.

Wisconsin 100

Wisconsin 2011 Philadelphia Bats 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. (2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

Trinidad 215

Trinidad Birds South America Research 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? James has led professional wildlife and birding tours for 15 years and his passion for birding and remote cultures has taken him to far corners of the earth from the Amazon and Australia to Africa and Madagascar.

Florida 210

Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996).

Wildlife Rehabilitation 274

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 274

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Creatures that crawled, or worse, slithered, would lie in the bottoms, pressed into shade and invisibility. That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. This wasn’t a place for the inexperienced.

Falcons 200

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 200

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press. 560pages, 6.3

Ireland 158

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 158

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 235

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 235

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Collins Birds of the World is “ a must for the travelling birder ,” as the BBC Wildlife Magazine reviewer has put it. It is not a concept for a total beginner, more of a reminder to someone with some experience. And I cannot agree more. Have you ever used illustrated checklists in the field, as opposed to full scale field guides?

Birds 261

Birds Botswana Africa Ecuador 261

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

She places the cahow’s tale within the larger story of how Bermuda’s endemic plants and wildlife, especially the Bermuda Cedar, were exploited and replaced with invasives that caused more destruction. These are magical experiences. Beacon Press, 2012. The fate of the Bermuda Petrel, the cahow, is still in question.

Birds 177

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 177

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

He talks about how he approaches bird illustration in an article on the Princeton University Press web site, and it’s worth reading to get a sense of how much work has gone into these images. Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species.

America 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. He draws on his personal experiences to inform the history, geography, and especially the travel option sections. Press, 2011).

Penguins 279

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

I have encountered this situation only one time in my birding experience. Crafty Like A Crow Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Almost Squished Wood Thrush (and a fox) About the Author Jory Jory is a native Long Islander living just outside of Albany. It is not a new book, about 6 years old.

2011 124

2011 North America Deer America 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

Nevertheless, five years seems a good time to reflect on the blogging experience. For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The answer sometimes result in a post.

Puerto Rico 189

Puerto Rico California Condor Virgin Islands Laws 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

Nevertheless, five years seems a good time to reflect on the blogging experience. For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The answer sometimes result in a post.

Puerto Rico 130

Puerto Rico California Condor Virgin Islands Laws 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. The new offspring of that year hang back and leave later, finding their way to their wintering grounds using something other than experience, and something other than being taught by their parents. More alarm calling. Apparently.

Humane 225

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 225

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Our experience on the ground confirms your reporting that this trade is increasingly tied to organized crime. Money for greater local enforcement is now the most pressing need to combat poachers and the armed wildlife trade syndicates to which they are increasingly linked. ELIZABETH L. BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York South Korea New York City 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

De Roy is an incredibly accomplished wildlife photographer, writer and conservation advocate with a fascinating personal history; she gives us little glimpses of throughout her essays, and left me wanting to know more. There is also a great deal of biological and ecological information encapsulated within De Roy’s experiences.

Penguins 219

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 219