10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

It is not a book for every birder, but it will be a fascinating read for those who love albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, storm-petrels–you know, tubenoses–as well as penguins, gannets, cormorants, and pretty much every bird family that spends most of its life at sea. Princeton University Press, March 2018. Who is it for?

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

The purple feather of the title is an ostrich plume (now housed in the Museum of London), a symbol of Emmeline’s crusade and personal style (if you saw the 2015 film Suffragette , Meryl Streep, playing Pankhurst, is wearing a hat full purple feathers). Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. It is reproduced in “Mrs.

Industry 118

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2021

The first words describing this species in Wikipedia are “poorly-documented” Before 2015, when I first saw it in Paso Ancho, it had only been reported twice on eBird outside of its Sierra Madre Occidental breeding range: once from Taxco, Mexico, and another report from Nicaragua. This fellow, however, was the real deal.

2016 262

2016 2015 Nicaragua Mexico 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2022

I had only seen this species once here, in 2018. which is its common name in Spanish) back in 2015, and I had heard it two times since. His family’s 7 hectares (17 acres) of wooded land includes a lovely grassy marsh. But it wasn’t until 2021 that I figured out where they are most common: right around our church!

Mexico 218

Mexico Birds Virginia Barn Owls 218

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

So, we need to lift a glass to 2018, a year that has given us Gulls of the World: A Photographic Field Guide by Klaus Malling Olsen and Gulls Simplified: A Comparative Approach to Identification by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. And, Karlson himself has a section on gulls in his 2015 book (co-authored with Dale Rosselet) Bir ding by Impression.

North America 199

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 199

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Gallardo (2015). 2018, 584 pp., Text is on the left, plates are on the right. by Andrew C. x 9 inches.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

And, if you have family and friends in Los Angeles County who aren’t birders, then you know that many of them have no idea what riches surround them, except maybe P-22, the well-known urban mountain lion. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. The book’s goal is to change all that.

Los Angeles 264

Los Angeles 2019 Birds 2014 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

As we entered the harbour, Nikos explained the state of ecotourism in the national park: “The previous 2018 was the record year with, I estimate, about 3000 birders visiting the lake. The moat would protect the islets and allow the birds to start nesting earlier. What is the status of this species in the Kerkini NP?

Greece 193

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 193

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Harrison in 1978 (it is now in its second edition, 2015, PUP). Species are organized by family and families are arranged in taxonomic order according to American Ornithological Society’s Checklist of North American Birds , 7th edition through the 59th Supplement (2018). The Harrison guides are out of print.

Eggs 228

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? 30 Aug 2018. 29 Aug 2018. 29 Aug 2018. 29 Aug 2018. 26 Aug 2018. 26 Aug 2018. 26 Aug 2018. 26 Aug 2018. 25 Aug 2018. 24 Aug 2018. 23 Aug 2018. 22 Aug 2018. 20 Aug 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

These are the bird families covered: Penguins, Alcids, Diving-Petrels, Petrels, Albatrosses, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Frigatebirds, Gannets and Boobies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Noddies, Terns, Phalaropes. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive.

Albatross 155

Albatross North America Birds Groups 155