10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections. I haven’t managed to discover the latest population figures for Morocco, but it must be close to 1,000 birds.

Morocco 213

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 213

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). © 2018, Princeton University Press D. © 2003 text H.

Costa Rica 202

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2019

The human and economic consequences were dramatic, and continue to be felt. These hurricanes prompted a personal interest in the impact of hurricanes on birds, so I did some research, which ultimately led to an article in the April 2018 issue of Birding magazine. The 2018 CBC tallied 2,492 birds of 87 species.

Puerto Rico 254

Puerto Rico 2017 2018 Virgin Islands 254

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In “Birding in Traffic,” Jonathan Rosen, no stranger to making connections between birds and human elements as he did in “The Life of the Skies,” describes how he took the subway to Union Square Park to see a rare (for NYC) Scott’s Oriole. The two stories about New York City are personal favorites, of course.

New York City 179

New York City Birds Owls Fox 179

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Should the fancy take you, you could call up a 10,000 Birds life list (from 2016 onwards. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. 27 Aug 2016. 29 Jan 2016. 09 Jan 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154