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. Eagle hunting is a family tradition that goes back at least 12 generations, part of the larger nomadic Kazakh culture.

Eagles 101

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

My librarian self is partial to a more strict taxonomic organization, but with no hope that the constant shifting of families will end in the near future, this type of sequence is making more and more sense. WildGuides, Princeton University Press, summer 2016. by Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop & David Tipling.

Ireland 141

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 141

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. Clearly, members of the birding community and their families–thanked in the opening Acknowledgments section–played a strong role in getting this project done. .

New York City 147

New York City New York Birds Breeding 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. However, a drastic decline followed, and census results for 2016 and 2017 produced counts of around 2,500 pairs.

Falcons 188

Falcons Spain Europe 2012 188

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. Singapore is a densely populated city-state which still manages to protect a number of species. Singapore: Urban Bird of the Year.

United Arab Emirates 100

United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This includes current research (up to about 2016, but mostly earlier) on how climate change and human change are affecting the birds’ ecology and behavior.

Research 166

Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 166

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

But, as with many avian families, the more you look, the more complicated it gets. And, it is a guide based on scholarship as well as field work (author Reeber has monitored the birds of the Lac of Grand-Lieu, France, for the National Society for Nature Protection (SNPN) since 1994). Princeton University Press, March 2016.

North America 144

North America Asia Europe America 144

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Species are organized by family and families are arranged in taxonomic order according to American Ornithological Society’s Checklist of North American Birds , 7th edition through the 59th Supplement (2018). The organization varies, and there are sometimes more than one Group Accounts for a family. Species Accounts.

Eggs 222

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2016

And so, here it is, the last story that I will be posting for 2016. There is a small Federal Reserve, set aside on the white sandy beach near San Jose Del Cabo, in order to protect the nesting Least Terns. It has truly been an incredible honor joining the team here at 10,000 Birds.

Grizzly Bear 114

Grizzly Bear San Jose Bears Fish 114

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This is how, I think, the “Crossley technique” works best—coverage of specific bird families that pose identification challenges to birders at all levels of skill. And Hybrids: Waterfowl tend to hybridize to a greater degree than most other bird families, and the guide does an excellent job of covering hybrids.

Ducks 115

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 115