10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

The idea of Lost Animals was conceived after the publication of Extinct Birds (2001), a 400-page, four-pound book on 75 extinct species. Lost Birds looks at photographic representations of 28 species, 21 of which are birds. The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004. Other species are less known.

Animal 270

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

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.

Pennsylvania 239

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 239

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2013

Morphologist Gerald Mayr listed several of these in a 2004 paper. As other scientists have examined the Mirandornithes hypothesis, however, they have found many important similarities between flamingos and grebes, beyond the consistent and mounting genetic evidence. The groups do, contrary to van Tuinen et al.’s

2001 234

2001 2006 2010 Eggs 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. At the far ends of the world, our southern beats are poised to welcome them back. Western Australia.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113