10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations.

New York City 146

New York City New York Birds Breeding 146

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. 192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. It is often hard to be positive.

Cyprus 244

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 244

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

I’d never heard of them until 2005 when I saw some in the Botanical Gardens of Canberra in Australia. Lerps are the carbohydrate rich protective shells exuded by tiny bugs (hermipteras) that suck sugars out of the leaves of eucalypts. It was, recently, pardaoltes that got me thinking about this. What, exactly, is a pardalote?

Australia 170

Australia Fiji Hunters Family 170

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

.” It is a relief to eventually reach the chapter on The Life of Waterfowl, written in a much more conversational style and unashamedly fascinated with waterfowl’s unique breeding behaviors. Hunting: You may have noticed that the Written Species Accounts include a section on hunting. So–not a fan of hunting.

Ducks 114

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 114