10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s not clear how many of the plates have been touched up, redrawn or are new, and I hope we’ll learn more about the process, perhaps when the third book in the series by Howell and Dyer, a new guide to the birds of Mexico, is published.* Why are these issues? Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time! Author Steve N.

Costa Rica 246

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

It wasn’t until a later Pino Real trip, back in 2014, that I saw my first Black-headed Siskins. In Mexico they call the Ash-throated Flycatcher “Copetón Triste” , or Sad Crested-Bird; it’s mournful call distinguishes it from other nearly-identical flycatchers of the Myiarchus genus. They beg for it, shamelessly.

2013 235

2013 Emotional Abandon Abandoning 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds).

Birds 138

Birds North America Breeding America 138

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Female Imperial Woodpecker in flight, Mexico, a still from recently found film made by William Rhein, p. There is the flightless Atitlán Giant Grebe of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, whose habitat was destroyed by a combination of human incursion and earthquake, but whose DNA lives on in hybrids that fly. by Errol Fuller. 95 halftones.

Animal 270

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

My favorite part of these species accounts is the section on “Other Common or Regional Names,” which includes historic appellations as well as names of the bird in the Arctic, Quebec, and Mexico. Wood Duck, Written Species Account, pages two and three. I was really taken aback when I saw this. Harrison, 2005, PUP).

Ducks 178

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 178