10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

I discovered that it had been ringed on 26 September 2016 at Iken, on the River Alde on the Suffolk coast, so almost exactly four years before my sighting. Only when I downloaded my images did I spot the ring, which was clear and easy to read (2BAT). The information I received didn’t indicate the age of the bird.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2020

The most recent report was issued in December 2019 and it used data from the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. In 2016, the ABA was starting an ambitious recruiting drive, to expand its membership from about 12,000. If 1 in 100 birders was a member of the ABA, that would pencil out to 1.2

2016 258

2016 North America 2020 2019 258

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I’m hoping the authors and Princeton University will add a corrected page to their website that users can download, or, even better, add an errata page to all books currently being sold (I know that’s an expensive proposition). Some features to consider: Birds of Central America is a big book. The older field guides don’t.

America 212

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 212