10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

.” There are the classic field marks, size of head and shape of tail, but, we are told, never rely on just one or two features! In addition to differences in tail bands, streaking on juveniles, and flight style, the authors offer behavioral clues which I find fascinating and much easier to remember than width and color of tail bands.

North America 228

North America Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 228

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Roth depicts a brown, tail-banded, evil-eyed hawk with an open-eyed parrot held upside-down, wings spread, in its claws). A second flock is released into the wild in 2006. Captive-bred parrots are released into the wild and eaten by hawks. A hawk-avoidance training program is created. The birds thrive.

Puerto Rico 237

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 237

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Yet, it is amazing how many identification features are evident in his bird pictures—the fire-red head, streaked back, white wing bars, and white-tipped tertials of the Western Tanager, the white tail band on the Eastern Kingbird, the black-bordered white eyebrow of the Red-eyed Vireo.

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170