10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

And buildings without thought for birdlife, significant buildings like the Minnesota Vikings shiny “death trap” for birds, are still being built.** Dead birds are a part of the life of a birder, a feeder of birds, and of bird science. Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr., And I don’t think that will be many people.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 253

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APRIL 6, 2011

I work part time for the National Park Service (although, we’ll see what happens this weekend if there’s a federal government shutdown) and our visitor center is located in the Science Museum of Minnesota. An American Robin was perched on the side of one of the Science Museum vans. How about you?

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Minnesota Birds Science Woodpeckers 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I stuffed it in my pocket and decided to take it to Richard Oehlenschlager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Oehlenschlager apologized that he couldn’t say the exact species of bat. Who cares, the fact that he could narrow it down to 2 species was quite amazing to me.

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Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 203

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

Over the least couple of weeks the best view I’ve had of Minnesota has been out my northward facing window. The birds were too far away to identify, and I know more than one species does this, but if I had to guess they were starlings. There is a bit of science news. But I do have a few items. First, the bird butts.

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Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 178

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’m in the middle of three different bird surveys for work and it’s been a fantastic way to watch the changes in fall migration in Minnesota. It’s not an exact science, but it’s to get an idea of general usage and to see how the habitat can be managed in a better way for migratory feeding.

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Mississippi Ducks Minnesota Science 209

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

To a birder, migration means that you can live in Minnesota, New York, Paris or Moscow and see exotic tropical birds such as Piranga olivacea and Icterus galbula on a regular basis without buying a plane ticket. Because the ancestor of this species of bird migrated, and the migratory adaptation and all that entails were passed on.

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