10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I realized a curious thing while researching some of the creatures in this guide–some of the common names given for the flying fish appear to have originated with co-author Steve N.G. Texas A&M University Press; Second Edition, 2014. Howell; I can’t find them anywhere else on the Internet. 352 pages; paperback; 4.5

Pennsylvania 168

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77 (2014) 177–182. He has an academic background in German and medieval studies, including a Ph.D. in German, and a Labrador Retriever named Gellert.

North America 149

North America Sparrows America United States 149

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

New York City 150

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 150

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. I ache that I will never see what the photographer has seen, but hope that maybe if I try hard enough I will see some kind of echo of this experience in the image. more than there really was to see!” (p.

Animal 268

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 268

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

.’ Gorman has read and distilled probably every research study ever written about Wrynecks or related to them; my quick count of the citations in the 16-page References section came to 295. Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. Yet, The Wryneck does not read like a literature review.

Woodpeckers 236

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I visited Hong Kong from February 20-27, 2014. Do your research. I read that the Peak was a great place for thrushes in winter; experience proved the veracity of that observation, but you’ll need to examine the underbrush closely. The result is a nature lover’s paradise rich with mountains, beaches, and birds.

2014 216

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 216

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

He draws on his personal experiences to inform the history, geography, and especially the travel option sections. A lot of his travel experiences involved camping and independent travel on small sailing yachts, and if this is your preferred mode of travel this book will be particularly useful. Press, 2011).

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded. and Antony W. 2011): 265-272.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.

Family 279

Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The archipelago consists of 17,000 islands stretching out over 2500 miles along the Equator with a varied history of avian research and study, most on the under- or not-studied side. So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

Indonesia 127

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 127

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

With nine years of experience using it and birding with beginning birders, I would like to update that opinion. This is, in a way, no surprise since it was designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. This is a guide for all birders. The Warbler Guide.

United States 216

United States North America Species 2013 216

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. The Bibliography lists 677 articles and books, mostly articles, from ornithological literature, a record of the research that went into this volume. Angehr, and Dean, Robert (Cornell Univ.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The conservation and birding world, including 10,000 Birds, went into mourning back in 2014, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Martha, the last of the Passenger Pigeons. Is this the type of avian experience we want? Passenger Pigeons, for example. We know what those large flocks were like.

Mauritius 102

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

The videos and talks have wet our appetites for a book that promises to be visually exciting and fun to use, designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. I have to make a librarian note about the research paper citations–where are the years of publication?

United States 240

United States North America Species New York 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I know how intense some birders can be), I can tell you from experience that there are some exquisite, stunning odonates flying around there. Species are arranged by family and genus along taxonomic lines, but not always in accordance with the very latest molecular DNA research. Damselflies first, then dragonflies.

Costa Rica 261

Costa Rica North America Family America 261

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Elizabeth’s experience and ingenuity, for example, can be seen in her lithograph of Langsdorff’s Aracari; there was only a single specimen in a German collection and its tail was mutilated, so she obscured the tail in her plate by placing it behind a large leaf (pp. 168-168). A little late, but very well done.

Australia 189

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

So, all this makes birding this place an occasionally less than pleasant experience. The disadvantage is that this is not a typical parrotbill at all – it is a bit like the old joke of searching for your keys not where you lost them, but where there is plenty of light to facilitate the research.

Pandas 205

Pandas Birds Eggs China 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

The Introduction’s sections on “Migration and Vagrancy in Birds” and “Where do North American Vagrants Come From” are the heart of the book, representing the authors’ thoughts on vagrancy patterns, based on years of experience, past ornithological research, and their own data analyses. by Steve N.

North America 254

North America America Birds United States 254

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2019

Since Craig Robson’s “Birds of Thailand” (2002) is taxonomically outdated, the choice was Robson’s “Birds of South-East Asia” (the updated second, 2014 edition of the 2001 classic). The paintings are, no doubt beautiful, but how successful they are, I can judge only by checking those birds I have a lot of experience with.

Thailand 190

Thailand Zambia Birds Asia 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

To research this book, he traveled extensively to see as many woodpeckers as he could; this field experience was supplemented with museum research and consultations with other experts, plus a library of print material ranging from field guides to scientific papers. This makes it very difficult to research woodpeckers by genus.

Woodpeckers 244

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Harrison writes in the introductory section “How To Use This Book”: “The basis of distinguishing confusion species is personal field experience gained over the past 60 or more years of sailing the world’s oceans during which all but one of the more than 430 species contained in this volume have been observed.”

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

This is not your ordinary reference book, though it was cited as one of the best reference sources of 2014 by Library Journal. Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins.

Penguins 200

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 200