10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
A Cackling Goose is a very small Canada Goose , or, at least, it used to be. In 2004, in a long anticipated decision, the American Ornithologists’ Union decided that the tiniest types of the Canada Goose were actually a completely separate species – the Cackling Goose , Branta hutchinsii.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2012
“Trash bird” is controversial birding lingo for any species that is so ubiquitous in a location that it surpasses unremarkable and becomes truly irritating. Trash birds hog the feeders, crowd the trees, and consistently outcompete other species for habitat and resources.
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Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
For example, there was a higher-than expected number of bats passing away each year between 2004 and 2008, but the zoo didn’t do anything to decide why. Instead, it brought a new bat species into the exact place in the year 2009 — twenty-five of those creatures also passed away. Tags: zoos calgary canada animal abuse.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
Data collection for the Second Breeding Bird Atlas Project of Pennsylvania took place from 2004 through 2009, roughly twenty years after the first official atlas project, 1983 through 1989. You can see the Species Account for Henslow’s Sparrow above, in the banner photo. The second page is the map page. Brauning and Andrew M.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Yellow-billed Magpie populations took a big hit when the West Nile Virus reached California’s Central Valley in 2004. I think it is difficult to deny, however, that eBird is a very good thing.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Nevada Drive. 17 Dec 2018.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Alphabetic Taxonomic.
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