10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). The guide covers 265 of Maine’s 461 bird species: common nesting species, common migrants, and wintering birds.

Sri Lanka 227

Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 227

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. The simple answer is monetary gain, there is a global black market for these items, regardless of the species’ vulnerability for extinction. We start with Lendrum being arrested in 2010 at the Birmingham (U.K.) Back to Lendrum–McWilliam interviews him.

Falcons 209

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. million people (2010 census). The picathartes’ makes for a great story.

Ghana 192

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 192

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. I’m looking forward to putting it on my year list for the third year in a row.

2012 148

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 148