10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

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. This pair of birds on Jamaica Bay’s East Pond had been around for several days by the time that I got to see them in early September 2014. Lapland Longspur, 31 Oct 2010, 17 Feb 2014.

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2013 2010 2012 2011 160

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. &

Brunei 164

Brunei 2009 2016 2014 164

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. It seems he had looked long and wide for this species.

Mexico 221

Mexico Cuba Species 2014 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2015

On March 16, 2014, I saw and heard a raven flying overhead in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. We saw ravens in southern Manhattan through the winter and spring of 2015 (I even saw one with a bagel , confirming that they are right at home here in New York). In 2010, Common Ravens nested in Queens.

New York City 258

New York City New York 2015 New Jersey 258

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. Other families are more complicated and these introductory sections are correspondingly longer and amazingly more detailed. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. Seabirds: The New Identification Guide is an identification guide to seabirds of the world, all of them.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2014

It devotes two pages to each bird, a full-page drawing of the bird on the left, a description of the bird, including singing and nesting behavior, on the right. Scientific names don’t reflect the massive changes to species in the warbler family. Cool Springs Press, March 2014, 224 pages, 8.2 by Noble Proctor.

2006 206

2006 2014 Connecticut North America 206

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). The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection. Great Flamingo tongues & heads: p.

Dissection 234

Dissection Birds Research Europe 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2014

Black-winged Stilt were present right across the floodplain and they had also bred over recent months and young birds waded through the pools with their parents. There were also families of Red-kneed Dotterels and Masked Lapwings. An Intermediate Egret was busy feeding right beside the highway as we moved slowly by. Glossy Ibis.

Birds 165

Birds Geese Falcons 2014 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

A small range map is placed in the upper right/left hand corner showing summer, winter, resident, migration, and rare locations. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. There are advantages to a large book!

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Hopefully I will see at least that many species in 2014! And what do you think they will be in 2014?

2013 179

2013 New York City New York Trinidad 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Part Two: The Family Live of Selected Species” describes and illustrates the family lives of 49 species in 25 chapters.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

When I went to Honduras in 2014, I was advised to use The Birds of Costa Rica by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean (2014) and The Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve N.G. It has been a long time between field guides for most of these countries. Howell and Sophie Webb (a classic, but big and published in 1995).

El Salvador 234

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 234

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

Of course I then had to continue and so once again in 2013 I joined others in listing for the year and have just completed the third year in 2014. Firstly I would like to just do a little update on the Pied Oystercatcher family that were a large part of my life for the last few weeks of 2014. What a nice way to end the year!

2015 191

2015 2014 Ducks Ponies 191

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 178

North America America Birds Family 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

Furthermore, there are six families confined to the Greater Antilles. The illustrations are precise, detailed and beautiful, reaching about the right number of species per page, so they are not overcrowded, nor bare in places. Humiliated, Bloch pulled away. The Bond’s line.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 169

Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 169

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 200

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. There are two-page spreads with a list of birding sites, map coordinates, and bird descriptions on the left and full-page maps on the right, showing roads and routes linking the sites. Bird images are numbered to correspond with the text.

Brunei 179

Brunei Birds Asia China 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts.

Indonesia 134

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 134

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. In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

Bolivia 181

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 181

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To be fair, I could and should have also grabbed The Shorebird Guide for the Greenshank and Collin’s Bird Guide, 2nd edition for both birds, but the Nat Geo was right there next to me, where your favorite field guides should be.). Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters.

North America 187

North America America 2017 Birds 187

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.

United States 245

United States 2011 Guatemala North America 245

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. Each illustration (and, there are many) is captioned with equipment used and camera settings.

Birds 199

Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 199

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. Text is on the left, plates are on the right. The two plates above are both by Dale Dyer.

America 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

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 you are a browser like me, it’s hard to get lost. 49.95 (less from the usual suspects).

Woodpeckers 252

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 252

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 158

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 158

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

But, as with many avian families, the more you look, the more complicated it gets. A minor item, but I like to get these things right.) The “Colour Plates” section is a quick identification guide, presenting text on the left and meticulous drawings on the right. (I So much simpler than pinning down those warblers!

North America 161

North America Asia Europe America 161

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). As in the first edition, all bird images for all species are drawn facing or flying right.

North America 247

North America Birds Species America 247

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The closest I’ve ever come to breaking that run was in 2014, when I only had six lifers all year. Luckily I wasn’t affected too severely by the current pandemic: I lost neither life nor family members to Covid, only my job which was replaced the same day I lost it. It’s been quite the year, hasn’t it? Short fall, soft landing.

2020 245

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Saturday morning, 30 August 2014, was a perfect time for shorebirding at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond. Then my right boot got stuck and my forward momentum carried my sock-clad foot right out of the boot. And, happily, the shorebirds even remembered to show up! My foot went into the mud.

Jamaica 220

Jamaica Bald Eagle Eagles South America 220

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 278

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

I’m going to go right to a discussion of the Species Accounts, because I know that’s where you all want to be, with the warblers. But, I don’t think there is a bird identification guide around, on warblers or any other bird family, that has invented its own analytic system. I’ve tried to learn the system, it’s not easy.

United States 229

United States North America Species 2013 229

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 255

Peru Birds South America Owls 255

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

My trips abroad were limited to short family vacations to the Cote d’Azur during the first days of January and a week-long vacation to northern Tuscany / Italy in May. Thanks, Marsh Sandpiper (seen on the right with a redshank on the pic below), your presence was highly appreciated! Arctic Tern , Große Rosin, Germany.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

My librarian self is partial to a more strict taxonomic organization, but with no hope that the constant shifting of families will end in the near future, this type of sequence is making more and more sense. Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page.

Ireland 150

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 150

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

I’m going to go right to a discussion of the Species Accounts, because I know that’s where you all want to be, with the warblers. But, I don’t think there is a bird identification guide around, on warblers or any other bird family, that has invented its own analytic system. There is more Warbler Guide to come.

United States 249

United States North America Species New York 249

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 124

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 124