10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

I reviewed the New Jersey volume in May 2014 and, being in Florida at the moment, I thought this was a good time to take a closer look at both the Florida volume, published just last month, and the Colorado volume, published in June 2014. (I inches, the books can be easily carried in a large pocket or small backpack.

Colorado 238

Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Galahs and Red-tailed Black Cockatoos called noisily overhead and the honeyeater family were represented by Brown Honeyeaters, Yellow-tinted Honeyeaters and Rufous-throated Honeyeaters. We observed a Grey-crowned Babbler flying out of a Boab tree and soon realised that it had come out of a roost where the family group will gather.

Birds 145

Birds Ducks 2015 2014 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. So, for example, humans are apes. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows.

Camels 199

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I The plates show differing plumages as required by the individual families and species. Artwork is by Karen Phillips.

Brunei 175

Brunei Birds Asia China 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. But, the numbers are quite large, and the birds organized in groupings that, for the most part, make it an easy process to figure out which Antwren (or Woodcreeper or Seedeater) is which.

Bolivia 174

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 174

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. ’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. See Dr. In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al.

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

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

JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap. wing length; Brelsford et al.

United States 237

United States 2011 Guatemala North America 237

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Dolphin and whale photographic plates offer notes on fin and blowhole size and shape, with the text giving visual clues on what surfacing whales look like (a sperm whale “looks like a giant turd”) and how various dolphin species leap and group together. Texas A&M University Press; Second Edition, 2014. 352 pages; paperback; 4.5

Pennsylvania 168

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book. Read the Introduction!

North America 149

North America Sparrows America United States 149

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar. Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page. plus a chapter on “Vagrant landbirds from North America.”

Ireland 145

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 145

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh, who years ago helped me find my first Pauraque in the Rio Grande Valley , visited Peru as part of the 2014 World Birding Rally, where he stopped thinking of himself as an experienced birder. And I, like some dowager countess in a birding vest, am expected to know each one’s family at a glance and greet them by name.

Peru 254

Peru Birds South America Owls 254

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

” The essays are arranged in thematic order grouped in six sections: “Spark Bird!” The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. And, each essay tells a story.

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. Scott’s was fined $12.5

America 232

America Industry Birds Squirrels 232

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. He also talks about cruise ships and group tours, making recommendations for islands that should be visited and at what times of year. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Press, 2011).

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist. Retz’s Helmetshrike is one of the 8 helmetshrikes within the larger family of Vangidae – apparently, a family that evolved from a single Madagascar-based species.

Elephants 147

Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

When I came here for the first time in 2014, I stayed at the Limneo B&B in the Chrisochorafa Village and met its owner, Nikos Gallios. Nikos managed to show us the incubating Cattle Egrets, of which only 2 or 3 pairs breed in this enormous heronry, counting up to 9000 pairs back in 2014. What should I expect?

Greece 196

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2023

Way back in 2014, when I saw my first Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo near the little town of Pino Real, and shared the sighting on a birders’ chat group, it took just over a month for the first biologist/ornithologist to visit me. But he regularly visits family in Morelia.

Mexico 211

Mexico Cuba Species 2014 211

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Press, 2014); and Guide to the Birds of Honduras by Robert J. Text is on the left, plates are on the right.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Twelve family accounts have been added. It is 72 pages longer than the first edition. An undisclosed number of family and species accounts have been updated. Nine photographers contributed most of the photographs used to illustrate the family sections, including Richard Crossley, Kevin T. Over 70 range maps were updated.

North America 177

North America America Birds Family 177

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2013

There has been an acceleration of the switch to group blogging and blogs with an institution behind them continue to grow in influence. Bird blogs run by individuals have seen their readership drop in absolute numbers as well as compared to the numbers put up by group blogs. Group Blogs. … Institutional Blogs.

Birds 216

Birds Groups Singapore 2014 216

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. The Dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon.

Solomon Islands 276

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 276

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2014

There were also families of Red-kneed Dotterels and Masked Lapwings. A family of Purple Swamphens crossed in front of a slow moving vehicle and they are not a common species to see in the area, though do reside at another ephemeral lake to the north of Broome. Glossy Ibis and Black-winged Stilt. Juvenile Nankeen Night-Heron.

Birds 165

Birds Geese Falcons 2014 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2017

Corey wrote about the Common Tern chicks of Nickerson back in 2014, so I thought it was time for another post. have the sun behind you, and also be at a distance from groups of people with cameras that–let’s just say they’re noisy. That could just be because I have a thing for boxes.

Fish 165

Fish North America 2014 Game 165

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

Outlook and goals for 2014. In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as 2012 and 2013 have been, with family trips to somewhere in France and business trips to Indonesia and Kazakhstan. What about the competitive element in my 2014 year list? A very good start into 2014.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

But, as with many avian families, the more you look, the more complicated it gets. This is the first bird guide I’ve reviewed that has utilized and credited a Flickr group, the Bird Hybirds Flickr Forum. So much simpler than pinning down those warblers! There are the females, so many so brown. And, that thing called plumage.

North America 152

North America Asia Europe America 152

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

The family has about 37 species, but that includes several fulvettas – only 21 of the species have “parrotbill” in their names (and frankly, the bills of fulvettas do not look like those of parrots at all). times more likely to be married within his or her own group than random matching would predict.

Pandas 206

Pandas Birds Eggs China 206

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd edition (2014) covers 923 species; The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2010) 816; Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (2008) 544; Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2008) 528; and the Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America (2005) covers 392 species.

North America 184

North America America 2017 Birds 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. There is one exception–ducks.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

Furthermore, there are six families confined to the Greater Antilles. Each species description starts with one novelty, compared to most other field guides, providing separate accounts and illustrations for each subspecies group recognized under current HBW/BirdLife taxonomy.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 161

Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), It omits Audubon’s uneven business history, his bankruptcy, and the fact that Lucy, his wife, eventually had to support the family through teaching.

Collecting 172

Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years. Firefly Books, 2014; 528 pages, 6.2 The Species Accounts vary in length from one to three pages.

Woodpeckers 244

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

How have these species accounts changed from The Sibley Guide to Birds , published in 2000 (heretofore called Sibley One) to The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition , published in March 2014 (and heretofore called Sibley Two). Birds are arranged in taxonomic order, organized into sections based on families. Knopf, 2014.

North America 240

North America Birds Species America 240

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. An interesting way of presenting images resulting from a group project; one that makes us think about the subject rather than the creator. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly.

Penguins 200

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This is how, I think, the “Crossley technique” works best—coverage of specific bird families that pose identification challenges to birders at all levels of skill. And Hybrids: Waterfowl tend to hybridize to a greater degree than most other bird families, and the guide does an excellent job of covering hybrids. Harrison, 2005, PUP).

Ducks 119

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 119