10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2011

She successfully raised a chick in 2007, which has been living in a large flock to the south of Broome. Her partner from 2007 has disappeared and she is currently with a new mate, which was also caught and banded in 2002 on the same day… so they are old friends! Time will tell!

2002 166

2002 Feral Cats Eggs 2007 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. Remarkably, there are 59 bird families that have very little cultural significance; these are listed in Appendix III.

Birds 212

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2011

For example, I found Gulls of the Americas by Howell and Dunn (2007) a superb specialized guide, but wonder how many would be gullers use or are even aware of it today. Future field guides have much room to grow in guides focuses on families of birds. Not many of the mainstream guides have all the plumage variations and view angles.

Sparrows 163

Sparrows Birds America North America 163

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

First issued in a limited printing in 1972, then re-issued by Ammo Press in 2008 after Harper’s death in June 2007, it contains images that are iconic and familiar, striking and unique. So, the Eastern Kingbird ”is one of the Tyrant Flycatchers, Tyrannidae –America’s largest bird family–365 different species.”

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts. Each species account lists the basics—common name, scientific name, measurements in inches and centimeters.

El Salvador 232

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

It has only been seen out of a mist-net in natural conditions the year 2007 and after the creation of an ecolodge in the owlet’s prime habitat, the mystery of the Long-whiskered Owlet has been resolved. The Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager and many other colorful members of this colorful family are found in Andean humid forest.

Peru 177

Peru 2013 Louisiana Birds 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. Wikimedia Commons Bucerotidae is etymologically opaque to most birders, I’d venture, but when Rafinesque described the family almost two centuries ago, he had kine on his mind.

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The first, Field Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago, was published by Christopher Helm in London in 2007 and then published in the United States in 2008 by Yale University Press. It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.

Trinidad 194

Trinidad Birds South America Research 194

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Cuban Black Hawk, split in 2007 from Common Black Hawk! Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). . Cuba is on my mind.

Cuba 229

Cuba Birds United States 2000 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. Finches, for example, are “especially prone to nomadism,” and Falcons, as many experienced birders know, are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than to hawks and eagles.

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. From 2004-2007 James worked as the Managing Director of Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization that directs its efforts towards the uplifting of communities surrounding wildlife areas in Africa.

Florida 188

Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

2011 152

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

She is an excellent mother, managing not only to feed her four large cubs, but their visiting father One-eyed who comes by every now and then (he has two more families and being the good father he is, visits them all regularly, usually around lunch time). Very dusty Swarovski CLs.

Tigers 243

Tigers India Killing 2012 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

With so many book indexes listing species under family name, I am thankful that the decision was made NOT to list all 39 owl species under the heading “Owl.” Thankfully, English names are listed by whole name; for example, Stygian Owl is listed as “Stygian Owl”, under S.

North America 221

North America Owls America Dominican Republic 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures. Tags: etymology , names , Terminology , words • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

And, as a bonus, your spouse/partner will probably want to go birding with you more often… Tags: Portugal , Worldwide Birding Adventures • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! These Blasts From The Past Sometimes you just have to smile!

Portugal 172

Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

From 2004-2007 James worked as the Managing Director of Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization that directs its efforts towards the uplifting of communities surrounding wildlife areas in Africa. Tags: Dominican Republic , Worldwide Birding Adventures • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

Dominican Republic 184

Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The White-backed Vulture was “not considered of conservation concern until 2007, after which its threat status has been successively elevated, becoming Critically Endangered in 2015 following severe decline in several parts of range and likelihood of continuing decline.” ” (HBW). And I do not see much of a helmet either. .

Elephants 147

Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

Spend more time with family and friends. Since the New Year's resolutions you have made for 2007 are your resolutions, I assume that you would actually like to succeed in keeping them. Join me in resolving to do right by animals in 2007. Lose weight. Quit smoking. Exercise more. Eat right. Drink less alcohol. Get out of debt.

2007 40

2007 Rights Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. Sheep may timidly graze but these Black Grouse are another matter altogether. Blackcocks at the Lek (1901) by Scottish painter Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).

Sheep 196

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 196

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2012

The family has representatives throughout the forests North America, Eurasia (including North Africa), and Indomalaya. In 2007, Garth M. Nuthatches are small, short-tailed, sharp-billed songbirds widely recognized for their ability to hitch headfirst down tree trunks and upside-down along limbs.

Species 267

Species North America Nevada 2007 267

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2012

One of our watering points in the garden had a family of Black-chinned Honeyeaters at it. There was only one visit in 2007, but they were seen occasionally during the following 4 years. On the first day of winter, June 1st, I had just seen Grant off to work and I had a lovely surprise.

2012 164

2012 2000 2006 2005 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. A 2007 genetic review of pigeons and doves ( Pereira et al.

Solomon Islands 275

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).

New York City 185

New York City Birds Owls Fox 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better politics: in 2007, poachers killed only 13 rhinos in South Africa, but in 2008 already 83, in 2009 – 122, in 2010 – 333, in 2011 – 448 and in 2012 a staggering 668!

Africa 190

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In an interview on BirdCallsRadio , Dunne and Karlson state that the maps, which date from 2007, have not been updated (though they are smaller and I noted some differences in the color codes), but that changes in range over the past 11 years are not great enough to make a difference.

North America 199

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Veraguan Mango by Carlos Bethancourt Although the Neotropical region supports fewer bird families than Africa, there are considerably more bird species here than anywhere else on earth. This means that there are some astoundingly large families of birds in Central and South America.

Panama 205

Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 205

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Species accounts are organized by family; Broad-winged, Spreadwing, and Pond for damselflies and Petaltail, Darner, Clubtail, Spiketail, Cruiser, Emerald, and Skmmer for Dragonflies. Within families, species are organized by genus.

United States 231

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

We had a family picnic at Fort Tilden less than two weeks after my last set of predictions and a single Purple Martin was flying low over the fields with Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows. Cory’s Shearwater – 06 Oct 2013 – Going on a whale-watching trip with my family really paid off. Number 300 in Queens!

2012 158

2012 2013 New York City Jamaica 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

In 2007 Jory became the "least consistent birder" to see 300 birds in New York State in one year. Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! My answer … a good guide will be embedded within your binoculars and scopes.

2011 140

2011 New York Deer Owls 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 2007 Jory became the "least consistent birder" to see 300 birds in New York State in one year. Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Beware of hybrids. As always, unless otherwise indicated, all species are typical ABA species.

2011 124

2011 North America Deer New York 124

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. Each family chapter begins with a brief, bold-printed description of the common traits of the species in the family and an enumeration of the number of species worldwide and the number of species in North America.

North America 182

North America America 2017 Birds 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Masked Lapwing is a very easy bird to identify, so there is a question about how the Compact Guide works in the field when trying to identify trickier birds, like Honeyeaters, a family totally new to many North American birders. I found it extremely easy to use in the few days I was able to take it out in the field without a guide.

Australia 237

Australia Birds 2017 Groups 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

These strange birds are two species in their own family; White-necked or Yellow-headed, endemic to the Upper Guinea forests and Grey-necked or Red-headed, restricted to Lower Guinea forests. million hectares in 2007. Figures I could obtain indicate that Ghana’s forests have reduced alarmingly from 8.2

Ghana 191

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

My trips abroad were limited to short family vacations to the Cote d’Azur during the first days of January and a week-long vacation to northern Tuscany / Italy in May. Well, times improve and babies grow, and we (my family) soon found ourselves in a position again to travel through Europe.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

These are the bird families covered: Penguins, Alcids, Diving-Petrels, Petrels, Albatrosses, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Frigatebirds, Gannets and Boobies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Noddies, Terns, Phalaropes. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive. He is also a tour guide for Wings.

Albatross 155

Albatross North America Birds Groups 155

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

There are additional penguin titles not listed in the catalog, like photographer/writer Wayne Lynch’s Penguins of the World (Firefly, 2007). That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly. It is one that can be shared with friends and family (who does not adore penguins?), It is not an essential purchase.

Penguins 197

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 197