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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This, 2022, has been a curious year for books about birds and birding. Mark]: This luscious book, Penguins: The Ultimate Guide , by De Roy, Jones, and Cornthwaite, is the second edition of a book first published in 2015. Other links are to the publishers’ sites.). ==. Highly recommended.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname

Birding Singapore

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

The only bird-related activity I can think of is looking at bird photos I took in Singapore in 2015, and adding some irrelevant comments to them. Presumably, birds living in Singapore do not understand German. And I spent my time in Singapore birding, not shopping. “Odd, me?”

Singapore

Singapore Birds Zebras Feral

Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Everyone loves baby birds; 10,000 Birds even had a Baby Bird Week once upon a time! Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. Aren’t they usually in their nest with their parents?”

Wildlife Rehabilitation

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

Although most of the threats to the Spotted Owl relate to its dwindling old growth forest habitat, it also faces potential threats from another bird. They argued that the scientific research exception only applied to research on the animal to be taken. The cases are: Friends of Animals v. July 16, 2015). LEXIS 93734 (D.

Owls

Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals

Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

There was a time when I thought each bird species had its own individual song. Then I found out that there was this vocalization called a ‘call,’ so I thought each bird species had its own individual song (but just the males) and individual call. Bird communication is a complex and evolving science.

North America

North America Research Birds Groups

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

June 9, 2015 – It’s deja vu all over again. Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only). The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants.

Fish

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game

Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii. The young men had severed the birds’ legs in order to remove the tags. In the following days harrowing photos of dead birds and severed body parts were posted on social media pages.

Albatross

Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I came late to bird feeding, and when I was finally able to put out a “thistle” sock and a seed feeder (or two or six), I was amazed by the learning curve. There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. And conservation.

America

America Industry Birds Squirrels

Birds of Kruger National Park and Wildlife of Ecuador: Two WILDGuides Reviewed

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

Birds of Kruger National Park covers the 259 species most frequently seen in the park, about half of the total number of birds documented there. Regular readers of 10,000 Birds may remember Jochen’s posts about keeping taxonomy out of field guides. It sounds simple, but I wonder how it works in practice.

Ecuador

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds

For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2018

In 2015, mice suddenly started attacking albatrosses sitting on nests and attacks have been steadily increasing since. Midway’s birds are also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Most bird species are discussed individually, with estimated risk and mitigation methods, if appropriate.

Mice

Mice Albatross Honolulu Endangered Species

There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

About a quarter of the world’s Brown Bears live in Europe (including the Russian part of it), some 55,000, divided into nine separate and evermore fragmented populations – some of them dangerously tiny, a dozen or two dozen animals only. After all, bears are solitary and elusive animals. and Apennine peninsulas (30 + 50 ind.).

Bears

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia

Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. Jameson’s Firefinch is a beautiful small bird named for what was probably a very bad person, James Sligo Jameson. ” (HBW).

Elephants

Elephants Birds Congo Africa

Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Never mind the slight over-exposure: look at this bird!

Germany

Germany Abandon Abandoning Abandonment

The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. Enough History – Back to the Future.

Russia

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling

Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. Three of them can be found on Mount Kinabalu, and local bird guides speak admiringly of colleagues who have seen all three of them on one day (we only managed two). Leave the bad jokes to me, please. Must have been a camera fault.

Birds

Birds Indonesia Breeding Charlotte

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

Considering the fact that her lake lies conveniently close to the Moharli Gate, I suppose Telia would be the biggest earner of all the animals of Tadoba. In other words, in the last century we lost 97% of these animals and about 40% of their former range (source: WWF).

Tigers

Tigers India Killing 2012

From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

JULY 12, 2010

A Humane Egg The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers and legislators. Animals with more space are healthier, and they are no less productive.

New York Times

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Veal

CBC Shenanigans

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

A fact to which my wife will begrudgingly attest, as my memory is excellent when it comes to anything bird-related yet exceptionally poor otherwise. I expected to learn a thing or two and possibly see some birds I had never seen before. By 2015 I was assigned to lead a CBC group for the first time. Never saw it.

Trinidad

Trinidad Livestock 2015 Groups

A New Way Global Warming Kills Birds

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of climate change may have a negative effect on the viability of populations by causing increased mortality in a subtle but significant way. DTR has not been carefully studies in birds, which are endotherms, until now.

Killing

Killing Zebras Birds Research

A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

I Love Birds!: 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander, and Explore Birds with Kids. Her children’s books–which include the charming Mama Build a Little Nest , other picture books, and chapter books–evince an easy familiarity with birds, their science and birding ethics. How many birds do you see?

Los Angeles

Los Angeles 2019 Birds 2014

How do bird species compete with each other?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2015

We see interrelationships between plants, animals, and other features of a biological system that can be very complex and in various ways make sense. In the American west, fires open up habitats for passerine birds. The researchers demonstrate that maternal effects can determine the competitive attributes of the birds.

Species

Species Eggs Research Science

Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Its crown was so thick, I could spot the movement, but only rarely the bird itself and never the whole bird, once it would be only its back, once its head, once just legs… slowly, I was putting this puzzle together. The first birds to spot from the boat were Common Terns furiously defending their newly built nests on floating logs.

Greece

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I’ve never been to the Indonesian Archipelago, but I really like the birds there. Lynx Edicions, the ornithological (and now mammal) publisher that gave us the Handbook of the Birds of the World , has now published Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea , by James A. So, this is no ordinary bird guide.

Indonesia

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia

Big White Bird survey

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Although the official date for the Big White Bird survey is on October 11th 2015 the organisers are happy to receive any information on Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Australian White Ibis now anywhere in Australia. The Spring Bird Survey started in 2013 and runs from September 27th until October 24th this year.

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Birds 2015 Australia

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If you haven’t been to Costa Rica, or if you’ve birded Costa Rica but somehow missed their damselflies and dragonflies (not a problem! He has described six new species of Odonata from Costa Rica, including, in 2015, the Canopy Dragonlet, Erythrodiplax laselva , which breeds in bromeliads. Paulson, William A. CONCLUSION.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica North America Family America

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

Birding Singapore

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

Birds of Kruger National Park and Wildlife of Ecuador: Two WILDGuides Reviewed

For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

From Today's New York Times

CBC Shenanigans

A New Way Global Warming Kills Birds

A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

How do bird species compete with each other?

Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

Big White Bird survey

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

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