10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The Jewel Hunter is heavily laced with Gooddie’s particular brand of broad ironic humor, and I did enjoy that, but I would have traded about 10 percent for a little more insight into the unexpected outcomes of his experience. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. Overall, I think 10,000 Birds readers would reading enjoy The Jewel Hunter.

Hunters 202

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

2011 155

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

It is Herperia comma, the skipper we call Common Branded Skipper, a smaller orange-brownish skipper with several white spots on its hindwings. 2010; distributed by Princeton University Press. 2010; distributed by Princeton University Press. I think British and American lepidopterists need to talk more. WILDGuides Ltd.,

Ireland 180

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 180