10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

People of all ages and backgrounds brighten the ride and the book as they welcome Dorian to their homes (his blog asked for shelter and people responded, he also used a biking home-share group and motels) and help him find elusive birds (although Dorian is mostly on his own, there are occasions when help is crucial).

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Birds Los Angeles Massachusetts New York City 221

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

My reasons for not liking a strict taxonomic order were essentially twofold: Similar species are not grouped together making identification harder than it should be. The pittas ( Garnet Pitta seen above) are just such a sacred group of birds that even taxonomists dare not screw them over. Phillipps, Q. & van Balen, N.

Brunei 159

Brunei 2009 2016 2014 159

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

Only recently was it discovered that one group, which breeds on the Shetland Islands, flies across the Atlantic to winter off the coast of Ecuador – ten thousand miles away from its cousins who breed in Scandanavia and western Russia. Once it was thought that all Red-necked Phalaropes migrated overland to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.

Alaska 213

Alaska Breeding Kenya Africa 213

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Finding this elusive and beautiful species at Pino Real kind of put me “on the map” with my wonderful group of Mexican birder friends. It wasn’t until a later Pino Real trip, back in 2014, that I saw my first Black-headed Siskins. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireos are still present! But, thank God, it has not.

2013 163

2013 Emotional Abandon Abandoning 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. It reminds me a lot of Rare Birds of North America , the 2014 book by Steve N. Don’t worry.

Birds 261

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 261

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

In 2014, FWS completed a five-year status review , concluding that continuing urbanization and associated habitat destruction and fragmentation still threatened the warbler. Ashe juniper bark is used for nest construction, but Ashe juniper has been — and continues to be — removed due to urbanization and other development.

Austin 177

Austin Texas Endangered Species Birds 177

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The winter of 2014 is quite warm and the numbers are much lower, but the Opovo record, as counted by Vuckovic, is 250 owls. Back in November, one group of British birders visited Serbia and, as one of them later wrote in his blog, their local guide promised them the GGS – “That one is guaranteed“, the guide declared. ‘He

Serbia 242

Serbia Owls Rodents Eagles 242

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 December 2014. Interestingly, there is little overlap. field guides in general.

Colorado 241

Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 241

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

Since colonially nesting birds and crocodilians co-occur in many tropical and subtropical wetlands, our results highlight a potentially widespread keystone process between two ecologically important species-groups.

Alligators 118

Alligators Protection Leopards Birds 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2013

All you need to do to realize this unfortunate reality is to check out their official “Duck Stamp” page announcing the new 2013 – 2014 season. You don’t have to be a genius to see the folly in this approach to Duck Stamp sales. million hunting visits. million fishing visits. 30 million wildlife viewing visits.

Ducks 248

Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 248

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

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 201

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

As Kenn Kaufman points out in an August 2014 article for Birdwatching , it’s possible to envision that tyrant label sticking to the kingbird either on the basis of its bold behavior or its red crown. The tyrant flycatchers, in turn, derive their name from the first member of the family to land a Latin name, the Eastern Kingbird.

Costa Rica 103

Costa Rica 2014 Family Collecting 103

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2014

But the prospects of our trip grew even more exciting once we learned that our stay would coincide with the Conteo de Aves Arenal 2014 or 2014 Arenal Bird Count. I don’t know how popular bird counts are in your neck of the world, but I was shocked to see that this group of well over 60 birders filled a gymnasium.

2014 211

2014 Costa Rica Birds Groups 211

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds. In 2014, the National Park Service banned drone use in all 58 national parks in order to protect wildlife and precious ecological landmarks.

Birds 185

Birds Protection Idaho Bears 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

Cervera on April 30th, 1927, and a recent sighting (no photographs or video) in November 2014 by ornithologist Andy Mitchell and naturalist Angel Martinez. The bird flies around our group, alights onto a bush and, just as I raise my camera, dives into the bush. We did see the Zapata Wren, but it took a lot of work. The wren comes in!

Cuba 168

Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 168

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 171

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

There are four generally recognized groups within the complex, “ Myrtle ” ( coronata ) of eastern and northern North America, “ Audubon’s ” ( auduboni ) of the western United States and western Canada, “ Black-fronted ” ( nigrifrons ) of Mexico, and “ Goldman’s ” ( goldmani ) of Guatemala.

United States 240

United States 2011 Guatemala North America 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. Groups across the country, including Project Coyote in California, are fighting similar battles. Why do they do this?

Killing 272

Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

Above is a photo of the only Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) seen at Tuscan Preserve back in February of 2010 when a group of concerned birders installed eight artificial burrows on this property, to be preserved in perpetuity. Nesting habitat use by Burrowing Owls in Colorado. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179., Paper 4505.

Owls 101

Owls California 2010 Colorado 101

Animal Ethics

JUNE 20, 2014

To the Editor: Once again people associated with the animal rights group PETA ( letter , June 19) have tried to disparage the commitment circuses have for animal care and conservation. June 19, 2014 The writer is vice president, corporate communications, for Feld Entertainment, parent company of Ringling Bros. STEPHEN PAYNE Vienna, Va.,

Ringling Bros 40

Ringling Bros New York Times New York United States 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Further along we came across a small group of Royal Spoonbills, Little Black Cormorant and the occasional Common Greenshank and suddenly everything took to the skies. 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. Plumed Whistling-Ducks.

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Birds Ducks 2015 2014 145

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 146

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 146

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I visited Hong Kong from February 20-27, 2014. I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. We dipped on the latter and only caught sight of a distant group of 7 or so lapwings once we had given up hope.

2014 219

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. In October 2014, during a meeting in Hobart, Australia, the protection of this important region was once again blocked by China and Russia. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection.

Russia 176

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

And, because Ruby’s Birds is published by the Cornell Lab Publishing Group, these birds are shown again in the back of the book, in a section that challenges children to “Find These Birds in This Book–And in Your City!” Beach Lane Books, 2014. Cornell Lab Publishing Group, Wundermill Books, March 2019.

New York City 153

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 153

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page. Published by Doubleday in 1946, the guide was initially seen by Roger Tory Peterson as competition to his own best-selling field guide, soon to be released in the landmark second revised enlarged edition.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I There are plates like the one for Migrant Robins, images grouped neatly by species, all facing the same direction in the same perched pose. Press, March 2014; UK: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd; 2014. 372 pages, 8.3

Brunei 177

Brunei Birds Asia China 177

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. Hugh Powell is a science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This is his first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Come to Peru, they said.

Peru 255

Peru Birds South America Owls 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

So we don’t get lost in the new re-arrangements, species covered in the book are listed in the Introduction in taxonomic sequence, grouped together by genus, accompanied by explanations of changes. So, there are separate descriptions for birds normally grouped in the Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco complexes.

North America 152

North America Sparrows America United States 152

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 176

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

” The essays are arranged in thematic order grouped in six sections: “Spark Bird!” And, each essay tells a story. This is the essence of the book, it is, as the author says, “a storybook for bird lovers.”

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2023

Back in 2014 we stumbled upon a juvenile Double-toothed Kite and that was the first and only time I have ever seen that species well. After a brief period of no activity on the shore, a small group of Willets in fresh plumage cruised in. When Nariva Swamp delivers though, you better be ready!

Trinidad 29

Trinidad Falcons Primates Monkeys 29

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. Facebook and Flickr, with their bird photography groups for birders and photographers of all levels, have encouraged people to pay more attention to the birds they feed. Scott’s was fined $12.5

America 234

America Industry Squirrels Birds 234

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. found that the Neoaves split in two just before the K-Pg boundary, and they named the groups Columbea and Passerea. Open Jarvis et al.’s

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It was late December, 2012, and I slotted into a sizable group under the joint leadership of two highly respected birders. As prolific as the area was, the group was on the move. The group was significantly smaller, only myself and one other person. By 2015 I was assigned to lead a CBC group for the first time.

Trinidad 176

Trinidad Livestock 2015 Groups 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

If you have any doubts whether you want to see a Snares Penguin, you can read the species description, directly following, and drink in photos of their bright, droopy yellow eyebrows, bulbous dark-red bills with bare pink skin at the base, and peek at a group of the penguins, walking en masse within the thick island scrub.

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278