10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

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

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Peru Birds South America Owls 254

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. This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. ” The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. 2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). Open Jarvis et al.’s

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

By September 2014, there were an estimated 164 Millerbirds on Laysan. Data is needed to make estimates for the optimal size of the translocated group. Over two years (2011 and 2012), scientists captured 50 birds and successfully transported them from Niho to Laysan. and Antony W. ” The Auk 128.2 2011): 265-272.

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Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Nonprofit organizations, science, and the best intentions in the world came to the rescue with a captive breeding program, and we now have over 400 Pink Pigeons living in Mauritius, the nearby island of Ile aux Aigrettes, and the zoos hosting the breeding program, including the Bronx Zoo. Passenger Pigeons, for example.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), Bloomsbury USA, August 2014. Number 57, Great Northern? and branches into an all too brief recounting of books and movies featuring birders.

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Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

Within many of these groups, species are further divided into Old World and New World categories. He has led birding tours for many years and is a research associate at Point Blue Conservation Science. This can be confusing. Will Russell is a founder and managing director of WINGS, now “semi-retired.” by Steve N.

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North America America Birds United States 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

This is not your ordinary reference book, though it was cited as one of the best reference sources of 2014 by Library Journal. Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. I like it, but I also feel frustrated by it.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 200

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). Knopf, 2014. So, how do we evaluate the portrayal of color in a field guide? inches, 624 pages.

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North America Birds Species America 240