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. Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

Bolivia 187

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Essay #158, “Things Birders Do: Big Years,” starts with the writer’s observation of a Barn Owl and then defines a Big Year, surprisingly celebrating it as opportunities for solitary introspection.

Birds 116

Birds North America Breeding America 116

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. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). Open Jarvis et al.’s

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The chapter on “Capturing Bird Behavior” (my favorite) gives detailed examples of behavior cues and sound cues to look and listen for in anticipation of interesting preening, courtship, and family behavior.

Birds 201

Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 201

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Eastern Screech-Owl – There are many just outside of Queens in Nassau County. Since I saw my first in February of 2014 at Breezy Point I have had two more encounters, both in February of 2015, both at Jacob Riis Park. Long-eared Owl, 3 Jul 2010, 25 Mar 2013. Short-eared Owl, 31 Oct 2010, 0 1 Mar 2011.

2013 160

2013 2010 2012 2011 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

A brief personal digression: I moved back into the house I grew up in back in 2014, my parents vacated at the end of 2016. At night, we keep our eyes out for the passage of the neighborhood Barn Owl , oftentimes a Tropical Screech-Owl would hunt insects from a low perch on our almond tree.

Opossums 264

Opossums Barn Owls Hunting Reptiles 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). Both are part of what one paper calls the Brown Hawk Owl complex – something that is much less objectionable than the military-industrial complex but (at least to me) not really a lot more interesting.

Los Angeles 208

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are 28 chapters—“Waders,” “Large Waterside Birds,” “Owls and nightjars,” “Birds of prey” (pulling together vultures, hawks and falcons), “Aerial feeders” (swifts, swallows, martins), etc.—plus Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar.

Ireland 155

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

So many people devoted serious time this weekend to acquiring gifts for family, friends, and strategic acquaintances. I tried to rustle up some Short-eared Owls down at Nations Road, a notorious haunt for these magnificent beasts. Curse my rotten owl luck, I didn’t see a single one, but did manage a pale Rough-legged Hawk.

2014 174

2014 Virginia Owls Birds 174

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal). .” Press, 2011).

Penguins 279

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding. Press, 2014) by Tui De roy, Mark Jones and Julie Cornthwaite, a gift you can give anyone. This is the time to fill in any glaring holes, like the second edition of the Sibley Guide to Birds (Knopf, 2014). You bird hard all year and you deserve them.

Papua New Guinea 188

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 188

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 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

So, I could capture it in all its owlish glory, complete with fake eyes at the back and nicely illustrating the capability of the owl to turn its head by almost 180 degrees in each direction. The closest I’ve ever come to breaking that run was in 2014, when I only had six lifers all year. It’s been quite the year, hasn’t it?

2020 251

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 251

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

A two-page portrait of Cuban Trogon is next, its blue, green, red, and white plumage shining, then a two-page depiction of three Ruffs in male summer, male winter, and female plumage, and finally the Galapagos Short-eared Owl on the alert, facing the title page. and died 15 August 1841. This is NOT an image from the book.

Australia 210

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

For the moment I’ll stick with the split babbler families although I may relump the laughingthrushes, ground and tree babblers per Molye et al (2012). Species are listed by family according to the order eBird spits them out to me in. STRIGIDAE (OWLS). I’m pretty sure this is a Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo.

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150

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 If there are future editions of this title, as Gorman hopes, I hope this is changed.

Woodpeckers 256

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 256

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. But, always to the right.

North America 251

North America Birds Species America 251

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. 13 Jun 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100