article thumbnail

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

America 234
article thumbnail

The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. We start with Lendrum being arrested in 2010 at the Birmingham (U.K.) 2019), and now this book.

Falcons 216
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

According to the 2010 Census, the population was about 3.7 SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Research is ongoing. Both territories are also part of the U.S.

article thumbnail

Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. 03 Feb 2018.

2018 113