10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. It reminds me a lot of Rare Birds of North America , the 2014 book by Steve N. Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. This is particularly helpful for bird families that might be new to birders. For context, the IOC version 13.1
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Stories enhance his 2014 history of modern ornithology, Ten Thousand Birds ( co-written with Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie). Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. ’ Ironically, this is from Birds of Australia , which scholars and art historians suspect was more Elizabeth’s work than John’s.*.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2017
Phillipps: Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition (2014): I couldn’t find anything in the introduction, but it appears to be generally a combination of traditional (1993) and newer (2009) taxonomy, review here. Order of bird families, non-songbirds. Phillipps, Q. &
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
This research suggests that the boom isn’t due to an influx of newcomers, but rather because more local birds are flourishing and successfully rearing families. Specifically, researchers found that in EAB-infested areas, the birds preferred ash trees to other trees, and seemed to favor the ashes with the most severe damage.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2016
Once you eliminate the risque jokes (I know, I know, but it’s a family blog) the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet might have the most comical name in American birding. The tyrant flycatchers, in turn, derive their name from the first member of the family to land a Latin name, the Eastern Kingbird. Please do not yell at me.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2014
A little research revealed that these are old names of birds that have been split into different species. Scientific names don’t reflect the massive changes to species in the warbler family. I do hope that Noble Proctor and Cool Springs Press will re-visit this book and update it with 2014 taxonomy, species names, and distribution.
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