2016 Family Hunting Research 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2017
Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting. Aisholpan will not be considered a true Eagle Hunter till she successfully hunts.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
They wrote books and published research. Clearly, members of the birding community and their families–thanked in the opening Acknowledgments section–played a strong role in getting this project done. . An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? It’s a very mixed chapter. More field guides?
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
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. Co-author Frank E. Rheindt’s section on Taxonomy and Systematics in the Introduction is must reading for birders who are fascinated by taxonomy.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). Market prices have tracked demand: in 1987 birds retailed for $ 14, rising to $ 44 in 2014 and $ 99 in 2016.” The only explanation I have for this unequal treatment is that it must be a witch hunt.
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