10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

I also appreciated the occasional photo of a birder (or birders or photographers) photographing vagrants, including the well-circulated one of hundreds of photographers in Beijing gathering in a semi-circle to photograph a Japanese Robin in November 2012. 2022 (available in Europe from Helm/Bloombury). Vagrancy in Birds. Press, Feb.

Compassion 252

Compassion Birds Eagles Science 252

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

” The Wels Catfish, Silurus glanis , is the second largest fish in its range, which covers much of Europe and parts of West Asia. In parts of Western Europe, it is considered to be “exotic” because it has been introduced, possibly by anglers, in lakes and rivers in France and the Iberian Peninsula. Cucherousset, J., 0050840.

Fish 197

Fish Whales Whaling France 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda.

Germany 100

Germany Mongolia Abandonment Abandoning 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Their mortality was huge, but I realised how huge only when we did the December 2012 census to find only 1300 PCs. Conservation cormorants Europe Pygmy Cormorant Serbia' The Danube got solid frozen from bank to bank, making it impossible for diving birds to find food. Four fifths were gone! Yet, they are nothing if not resilient.

Serbia 187

Serbia Legislation Protection Europe 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2013

Our sunlight hours have been well below average since November 2012, but January and February have been particularly gloomy with many regions, like mine, barely reaching one third of the average sunlight hours per month. Of our January light – which isn’t the brightest during the course of the year anyway.

Germany 145

Germany Pandas Birds Kittens 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. The population in Andalucia in 2012 was 5,057 pairs – over one third of the Spanish population.

Falcons 182

Falcons Spain Europe Portugal 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Document WEC257 of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida / IFAS, [link]. ** Pruett-Jones, Stephen, et al. Urban parakeets in Northern Illinois: A 40-year perspective. Urban Ecosystems , Sept. 12, issue 3, pp 709-719, [link].

Chicago 193

Chicago New York City Illinois New York 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2012

And then there are others, like myself, who consider this a good reason to not seriously pursue a country list and just go for a life list and a year list in 2012 that will be longer than Corey’s. It should be very shy and behave really, really wild. And the fine male Lesser Scaup has served the latter of these purposes just nicely.

Switzerland 119

Switzerland France Germany Ducks 119

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

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. Scott’s was fined $12.5

America 219

America Squirrels Industry Birds 219

Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2012

1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.

Battery Cages 100

Battery Cages Battery Animal Welfare Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

Published by Princeton University Press in early 2016, Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia (I’m going to use this shortened title for the rest of the review), covers 83 species of Anseriformes–ducks, geese, and swans–of, yes, Europe, Asia and North America.

North America 140

North America Asia Europe America 140

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2017

Here is a map of all Black Woodpecker observations in Germany and Luxembourg during the breeding season 2012 – 2017, generated with the best data base in the world, ornitho.de (ignore the colours, they do not show concentration but denote “proof of breeding”, “likely breeding” etc.).

Germany 100

Germany Woodpeckers Luxembourg North America 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Nestled right in the middle of Europe, we have a little bit of everything, a nice cross section of Europe’s avifauna. Their current population stands at more than 150 birds (I have no recent population estimate, but there were 129 in 2012, up from 100 in 2011), and they are spreading slowly but consistently.

Germany 236

Germany 2000 South America Birds 236

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction.

Endangered Species 181

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

from Princeton University Press (directly from their website or from online book stores) and in Europe from the South Georgia Heritage Trust website. Princeton University Press/WILDGuides/South Georgia Heritage Plus Publishing Paper, 2012, $24.95, £17.95 The book is reasonably priced and can be purchased in the U.S. 368 color illus.

Georgia 172

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2018

A friend of 10,000 Birds, he talked to Corey about his mission to create this guide in 2012 and wrote about his goal to create a Spanish-language version of the guide in 2017. Europe, and Honduras itself. Many birders are familiar with Gallardo’s fundraising initiatives, which included a speaking tour in the U.S.,

Honduras 103

Honduras Birds 2015 Family 103

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America.

2011 236

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 236

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

Hordes of birders from all across Europe went there and got cracking views of this long-staying bird, but I was not one of them due to the distance involved and a lack of time (certainly not a lack of envy and desire). They are absolutely common along Europe’s coasts, and even venture far into the Mediterranean Sea during the winter.

2016 100

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

The authors set June/July 2011 as the cut-off date, and were able to add noteworthy records up to November 2012, the date the manuscript was sent to the publisher. New species that were documented from Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 are listed in one of the appendices.

North America 245

North America America United States Birds 245

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

There is a Linnet at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, and though I bird this park regularly, the Linnet, a bird regularly found in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and also named in a sweet song by Stephen Sondheim (Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeny Todd) has eluded me. I needed a book showing a Linnet.

Ireland 170

Ireland 2013 Breeders United Kingdom 170