10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. They are early nesters, but I was unable to tell whether any pairs already had eggs, though I suspected that some might have done.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all!–especially The goal of Around the World For Penguins is simple: Describe the 18 species of penguin and their breeding grounds “from the perspective of a traveller.”
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10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
The northwestern spread of this non-native species made it to my yard a few years ago. This first map is data from 2002 through 2003. I am always alarmed when I see rapid expansion of a non-native species of any kind. They often tend to displace native species, whether they be plant or animal.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2018
I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. While there were way less Puffins than any of the other species, they are still so much fun to see. Red Kites were considerted a Threatened Species starting in the early ‘80s, and a nation wide program was started to re-introduce them around the UK.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2013
I couldn’t wait to give names to all my new species. I tried using the Internet, but found it frustrating for all the usual reasons; websites either didn’t include all species or were difficult to use for identification. Each species account is 2-pages long, one page of text and one page of photographs.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2012
Seuss’s Horton Hatches An Egg precedes Eastman’s book by twenty years. But since Horton is an elephant, and since the creature that hatches from the egg is an elephant-bird, I’m going to wait till 10,000 Birds does a Hybrid Bird Week before discussing this representative of the Seussiverse. Hyperion Press, 2003. by Mo Willems.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2014
32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. For the next edition of A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: Mike started 10,000 Birds in 2003 using WordPress.). There are many unexpected goodies here. Who knew that you could purchase a DNA Thermal Cycler at auction for $150? More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no.
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