10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

These bird songs have two aspects, and I oversimplify but not excessively so: A genetically inherited template, usually specific to the song-producing sex, and a learned song that consists of the template shaped by experience as a developing bird hears the adult version of its own song. But the same is true of the song itself.

Zebras 259

Zebras Birds Humane Raised 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

In the introduction, Hart and Datta delineate the many steps involved, starting with drawing on a large stone with greasy crayon and ending with colorists hand-coloring based on Elizabeth’s template (with John Gould checking the proof between printing and coloring). 168-168).

Australia 197

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

We need more publishers of quality birding books and more birder-writers offering fresh views, sharing their experiences, covering new, niche subjects. This is their first title that is not a cook or crafts book, and I hope there will be more. A Redux” but is really about birding and conservation.

Birds 263

Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263