10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. I picked up a Downy Woodpecker, an every-day visitor. I was shocked when I found the first body, a female Towhee. The window silhouettes were gone.

New York City 247

New York City Birds Illinois Science 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

We stop again and search the leaves: Rufous Treepie (a rather handsome forest crow), Greater Racket-tailed Drongo with its long streamers, Lesser Goldenback woodpecker… We’re winding through the forest. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. An individual was located in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thane district in 2014.”

India 168

India Owls Tigers Cows 168

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

So, the 49 subject species include birds with interesting family behaviors that we might not see every day (Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon), migrant songbirds (Tree and Barn Swallows, House Wren), and common, everyday birds (Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, and, yes, Rock Pigeon). And another when that egg is removed.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

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. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!) The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics.

Bolivia 168

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet? I discovered very much by accident that questions have been raised by British birders about the accuracy of some of the book’s photographs; this is the to-do at Birdfair I referred to in the beginning of the review.

Ireland 140

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140