10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Accounts utilize the “user-friendly” field guide sequence proposed in “The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility” by Howell and five other notable birding authors ( Birding , 2009^). It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ I love the writing here.

Costa Rica 206

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 206

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers. A 2009-10 survey of Monk Parakeet nests in the greater Chicago area found 42% of the nests were in trees and 58% were in man-made structures.

Chicago 196

Chicago New York City New York Illinois 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? (For It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos.

Puerto Rico 183

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 183