10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
They were my target species, and I remember being delighted in not only seeing them well, but finding feeding flocks that were remarkably unconcerned about being watched. It’s a species with numerous alternative names, of which the commonest is Waldrapp, the name used in Germany and until recently, commonly used in English.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2014
I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As a biologist working for the U.S. Photo: U.S.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
South Africa is their steward and have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act in 2003, which restricts activities on the islands to research and conservation management. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
The rise of the Cornell Lab is reflected in its budget, which was approximately $10 million in 2003 and $30 million in 2018. It’s Macaulay Library contains a wealth of photos and audio recordings for approximately 10,000 species. Of course, this has been highly beneficial to birders. There’s an excellent History of American Birding.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
There are few stories in ornithology I enjoy more than those of a Lazarus taxon, a species thought to be extinct being found alive and well in some hidden part of the world. No fossils of this species have ever been found of it, contrasting against the generally good fossil record of birds here. Where does it breed?
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2020
There were similar FWS studies using similar methodologies with similar findings in 2003 , 2007 , and 2013. Others might require a life list or the ability to identify a specific number of species, or some other criteria. That’s a lot of birding.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2018
“The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility,” co-authored with Brian Sullivan, Michael O’Brien, Chris Wood, Ian Lewington, and Richard Crossley ( Birding , November 2009) proposed a standard avian species order for field guides, apart from the ever-changing AOS taxonomic order. Species are useful handles (p. 16, below).”
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