10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The book was originally published in 2006 as Galápagos: A Natural History with John Kricher as the sole author. I don’t have a copy of the 2006 edition, but I was able to read selected pages via Google Books. copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
His adventures were first documented (to my knowledge) for the birding public in Miyoko Chu’s in Songbird Journeys (2006). Knowing the history of how that came about enriches our appreciation for our birding colleagues, our collective history, and our birds.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. The first detection outside Africa occurred in Vienna/Austria between 2001 and 2006. It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
However numerous expeditions failed to produce any evidence of the bird and in 2006 the IUCN reclassified Madagascar Pochard as “possibly extinct”. The first two are officially classified as “Extinct” and the latter is a newly described species based on two juvenile specimens collected in 1931 and is currently classified as “Data Deficient”.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2021
The publishers start the field guide with a strongly worded warning, the authors are a bit more lenient but warn to only eat mushrooms collected and identified with a professional. Identification of all mushroom species entails proper collection, detailed in the Introduction. Both these guides are illustrated with photographs.)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
In the all too brief introduction to the book, they state, “This book aims to shed light on the family lives of birds, a topic that has captured our collective imagination and enriched our language despite being shrouded in mystery.”. Both authors marvel at the diversity of birding reproductive and parenting behavior. Peregrine Falcon nests.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2012
Third, Hawks in Flight was primarily illustrated by David Sibley’s excellent black-and-white drawings, supplemented with a collection of black-and-white photographs in the back of the book. Identification became more subtle, focused on subjective or transitory clues, and an element of uncertainty became acceptable.”
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