10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
New Year’s Day 2014. With binoculars around my neck, I am leaving home, wondering which will be the first species on my year list. Obviously, I am talking of Feral Pigeons (also called city, town or street pigeons). The scientific name of the Feral Pigeon is Columba livia domestica and that last world tells the story.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2014
The Feral Pigeon has many virtues to admire, but who is going to brag about encountering one of those? We saw a lot of great birds but only one truly rare one, a species that everyone on that trip will long remember. Obviously, the birds themselves are not jockeying for recognition. BBOTW speaks volumes about birders, not birds.
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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 This is clearly done to allow readers to view similar species opposite each other.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
I had a great time back in 2012 and even more fun in 2014. Florida is a great place to bird in January because in addition to the year-round species there are a host of birds that winter in the relatively balmy climate that Florida has in winter. Ditto for the feral Muscovy Ducks , though they are a bit less nice.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
A 2014 Smithsonian study concluded that collisions likely kill 365 million to 1 billion birds annually in the U.S., A 2014 Smithsonian study concluded that collisions likely kill 365 million to 1 billion birds annually in the U.S., with a median estimate of 599 million. with a median estimate of 599 million. 101(4), 1989, pp.
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? See more than 500 species. See more than 20 lifers.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2018
Basically, this species is so dimwitted, it doesn’t know how to survive. Because, Pink Pigeons are not capable of doing the tasks required to create and bring up children of the species. Don’t these birds care about propagating their species? What happened to Thelma and Louise? I know, that’s harsh.
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