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A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles by Chris Mason-Parker

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Seychelles’ small landmass combined with geographic isolation results in few species. That antiquity produces a high level of endemism, e.g. 19% of 62 breeding birds are endemic to the islands! He is the author of Underwater Guide to Seychelles (2015), Underwater Eden (2019) and Reef Fishes of Seychelles (2021).

Seychelles

Seychelles Wildlife Tortoises Fish

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. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. Fishing is permitted on 271 wildlife refuges.

Fish

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game

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. This still leaves the user flipping through sections, looking for the species in question, though I don’t think there are many species with this habitat overlap.

Ecuador

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds

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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

Bird Litigation: Is the Golden-cheeked Warbler Still Endangered?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. On December 27, 1990 , the U.S.

Austin

Austin Texas Endangered Species Birds

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. And, though I think you can argue that the Bronx Zoo, with its numerous buildings and landscaped wildlife areas is not purely ‘natural space,’ I have wonderful memories of traipsing through its wooded areas when I was a girl. (I

New York City

New York City New York Birds Breeding

“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 BIGGEST URBAN PYGMY CORMORANT ROOST IN THE WORLD DECREASED!

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Worried by the lack of appropriate action by the authorities (as described in the previous post ), this year I invited two more wildlife protection organisations to take part in the annual census of Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade. “The Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected bird species in Serbia, as well as in the European Union. .

Serbia

Serbia Protection Europe 2015

African Pythons Targeted for Removal

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

Another species of Python, the African Python ( Python sebae ) has established a small population in the 2,877-acre Bird Drive Area (BDA) in South Florida. State and Federal Agencies feared that if these two large constrictor snakes are allowed to breed they would produce a hybrid super-python. Photo Credit: US Geological Survey.

Pythons

Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles

For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2018

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. Many of these islands are part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge and one of the most important areas is Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. They are also disease vectors. By poisoning them.

Mice

Mice Albatross Honolulu Rats

Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

The Kerkini Lake National Park is my favourite birding area in the whole of the Balkans and while I’ve been here in April and again (migration), September (migration), October (coffee break), December and January (wintering), this was my first time in the breeding season, in May. But nowadays, they, too, breed here, about 20 pairs this year.

Greece

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

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

So close to the pole only a handful of bird species can survive, and even so, death toll is very high, hence their populations must be huge (millions). There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. On the Balleny Islands Antarctic Fulmar , Antarctic Prion and Cape Petrel also breed. And the Mammals.

Russia

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling

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

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

Cyprus

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Robert Gallardo’s self-published Guide to the Birds of Honduras came out in 2015, and is the first bird field guide dedicated to that country. (I Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America covers 827 species, including resident, migratory, and common vagrant birds.

El Salvador

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras

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

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. 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. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States

Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Over 3,200 photographs have been used, most showing species in their habitats. There is also text, distribution maps, a dark red bar “warning” about similar looking rare species, and conservation symbols. So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet?

Ireland

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons

Best Bird of the Year 2014

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). who knows what 2015 will bring!!! . Maybe I should not say that….who

2014

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds

London’s Wetland Wonderland

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2016

My first ever story for 10,000 Birds was about the wonderful city reserve of Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, here in Wellington, a city that has been my home for 9 years this week. The species has taken over Germany so I imagine it is only a matter of time before it is ubiquitous in England too.

Geese

Geese New Zealand Germany Ducks

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks

Ducks North America Geese Hunters

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A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles by Chris Mason-Parker

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

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Bird Litigation: Is the Golden-cheeked Warbler Still Endangered?

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

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

THE BIGGEST URBAN PYGMY CORMORANT ROOST IN THE WORLD DECREASED!

African Pythons Targeted for Removal

For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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

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

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review

Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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

Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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London’s Wetland Wonderland

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

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