2015, Breeding, Research and Species

2014-2015 Winter Finch Forecast

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated by birders across the northeastern United States and eastern Canada because it takes into account a vast array of data to figure out which irruptive species might show up where.

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2014 2015 Alaska New Hampshire

What the rings reveal

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Then it’s a matter of doing a little research on the internet to find who rang the bird you saw, and then emailing the details of your sighting. Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland.

Lithuania

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland

Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Two maps of the northwest Bronx and adjacent Yonkers, one from 1891 and one from 2015, pp. The book is divided into three parts: “Introduction,” “Avifaunal Overview,” and “Species Accounts.” Most birders will go straight to the “Species Accounts.” “Wait!” ” you’re probably saying.

New York City

New York City New York Birds Breeding

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. And the term is ‘non-reversed size dimorphism.’).

North America

North America Owls America Dominican Republic

Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Similarly, descriptions of species repeated across volumes do not lose their accuracy with each publication. Other species are splits and lumped and have had their names changed. Why are these issues?

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds

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. 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. The latest press release from the USFWS. 31 to provide inviolate sanctuary for migratory birds.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game

Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

It’s not often that we have the opportunity to glimpse the home life of albatrosses, nor of any seabird species. We didn’t know much about migration routes, foraging away from the breeding colony, and feeding during migration, in the water and in the air. Technology to the rescue!

Albatross

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding

Better Birding: A Book Review (& a New Year’s goal)

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

It is the last day of 2015, time to select the bird of the year past and set goals for the bright open future, when everything is new again. It is an intriguing choice of species. New Year’s resolutions from birding friends are starting to trickle in as I write this review.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America

Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches).

Eggs

Eggs Family 2006 New York

Persistence Pays Off For Burrowing Owls

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

In the summer of 2015 our investment paid off. After five years of waiting and watching, we were so elated with this news of a successful breeding at the preserve that we applied for another grant from Audubon California. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179., A pair of Burrowing Owls fledged six young! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4HxJ0pIp0.

Owls

Owls California 2010 Colorado

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. Even if you have read about these research projects, Weidensaul’s accounts offer fresh angles and updated information. is through the personal and the specific.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research

Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There’s more, so much more, in this highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description of bird behavior. He aims to bring together all ornithological and ecological research on birds and winter the world over–not just in areas covered by snow–and summarize the findings in non-scientific language.

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Research Birds Hoarding Sweden

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. For Whitehead’s Spiderhunter , the Latin species name juliae is also connected to Mr. So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor.

Birds

Birds Indonesia Breeding Charlotte

“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. Some are incredibly rare and hard to find.

Congo

Congo Africa South Africa Kenya

The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has a checklist of 269 species, 207 of which are migratory and the USVI has a checklist of 149 species, 124 of which are migratory.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States

Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

For example, a researcher and presumed ornithologist set out with two hypotheses related to the Ashy Drongo (and another drongo species) and wrote a paper about it. For them, God probably was the one instructing the drongos to mob one species but not the other. Why show photos of species as boring as this Ashy-throated Warbler

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China 2017 Birds Indonesia

Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. And, then there are the more familiar birds–Wood-warblers, sandpipers, hawks–some species migrants, some species with a wide range. Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?

America

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras

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

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago covers 1,417 species, 601 endemics, 98 vagrants, 8 introduced and 18 undescribed species. The archipelago consists of 17,000 islands stretching out over 2500 miles along the Equator with a varied history of avian research and study, most on the under- or not-studied side. Species Accounts.

Indonesia

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia

Highlights and Quotes from Costa Rica During the Global Big Day

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2015

Well, that, and the fact that my previous Big Day attempt in 2015 got rained out. Yes, that’s right, a hundred or more species plus the ones heard at dawn. BUT we kept going and still ended up with a good number of bird species. No, instead, I had to do a Big Day because it was too good of an excuse not to!

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Species Owls 2015

The Australian Bird Guide: A Review

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The guide covers 747 breeding residents or regular migrants, 29 introduced species, and 160 vagrants, a total of 936 species. Honeyeaters are “active, noisy and pugnacious” and there are a lot of them–76 species–in Australia. The colored font is also used to indicate measurements, voice, and notes.

Australia

Australia Birds Penguins 2015

Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Decades later, Richard Pough’s Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds (I happily own the 1948 edition) included nest and egg descriptions for each species as well. Harrison in 1978 (it is now in its second edition, 2015, PUP). And photographs of feathers in the species accounts, which surprised me. Baicich and Colin J.

Eggs

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows

Waterfowl of North America, Europe & Asia: An Identification Guide

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

And, the whole question of subspecies, which in the Northeast tends to focus on the Cackling Goose, but which I’m sure is a topic of fascination with other waterfowl species in all other parts of the world. The publicity material says 84 species, but I counted and recounted, and I only see 83. Plate 29, Mallard and Mexican Duck.

North America

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

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide covers 113 damselfly species and 170 dragonfly species, a total of 283 species. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. .* Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. Paulson, William A. INTRODUCTION.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica North America Family America

Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds.

Albatross

Albatross Penguins Groups Family

Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels. And, you need a boat.

Albatross

Albatross North America Birds Groups

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2014-2015 Winter Finch Forecast

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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

Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds–A Book Review

Better Birding: A Book Review (& a New Year’s goal)

Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

Persistence Pays Off For Burrowing Owls

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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

Highlights and Quotes from Costa Rica During the Global Big Day

The Australian Bird Guide: A Review

Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

Waterfowl of North America, Europe & Asia: An Identification Guide

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

Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide–A Book Review

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