10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2018
Saturday, May 5 is Global Big Day , when eBirders around the world strive to collectively encounter as many species as possible. Unfortunately, family commitments are killing my Big Day or any other kind of birding this weekend. Last year’s Global Big Day accounted for at least 65% of all the bird species on the planet.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Results from November 2018 ballots indicate a large and dedicated block of voters who are concerned about the health of ecosystems, as well as the preservation of complex wilderness areas. Below are highlights from across the country where conservation and stewardship won the day! Election Results = PASSED with 82.87% voter support.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2021
The guide has been expertly, even lovingly revised, expanded and updated (as the authors’ names indicate, this is largely a family affair). To get an idea of how many mushroom species are around us, in 2018, the journal Mycologia published a checklist of North American fungi. 28, 2018, [link]. McKnight and Vera B.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Arctic Tern : There were multiple records of this species in June of 2018 out at Breezy Point and they just weren’t around when I was out there. There was one at Breezy Point in the summer of 2018 and another one showed up at Jamaica Bay last summer. They must come through as they nest out on Long Island and at many points north.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2020
And, the One-page Index, a quick reference to locating major bird families, is placed in two locations–the front and the back of the book. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics. ” This is fascinating stuff if you collect books. The text pages have a lively look.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
In many cases, our waterfowl, gulls, and shorebirds are the same as those overseas – or only slightly different – and there are many other corresponding species in nearly all the shared families. It all seemed too fantastical to be true. Of course, hoopoes do exist, though I’ve yet to see a real one myself.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
This photograph of a family working on feathers while the father looks on is from the National Child Labor Committee Photograph series taken by Lewis Hine. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. The Pankhursts and their organization were not interested in saving birds; they saw the SPB mission as a distraction. It is reproduced in “Mrs.
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