10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
In response to being asked what got him into birding he said the following: In May of 2000 they came to New York to see us, and we went out into Central Park birding with them. Jonathan Franzen gets it right in this interview by Susan Cosier for Audubon Magazine. Hat-tip to Frank Izaguirre.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. Knopf, 1994/97.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2014
But in listing the dangers of creeping nostalgia, to the best of my knowledge no one has ever mentioned what happens when the birds change. This year has brought a lot of new birds at the Olde Homestead. I’ve only seen Orchard Orioles in the parks of New York City, and that is right and proper.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
Bobolinks are among my favorite birds. And what kind of bird is black beneath and pale above? The Bobolink is an absurd bird and any birding outing is made better when one spots Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Unfortunately for me and other New York City birders, Bobolinks are hard to come by in our marvelous metropolis.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Cuban Trogon, the national bird who wears the colors of the Cuban flag! There is an island of fascinating birds out there, and I want to see them all. ” birding destination.* The full name of this unique volume is Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide Including West Indian Endemics Living in Cuba.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
That’s because I’d already seen the conclusions contained in a study that Audubon (my employer) was preparing to release, a study about birds and climate change. And this bird won’t be able to expand into new areas either — its expansion potential totals only 1 percent of its current range.
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