10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

With birds bedecked in their breeding best and filling the air with song, this is migration at its loveliest. Threatened by loss of habitat both on breeding as well as wintering grounds, a few species have even become endangered or at least on a perilous track towards that worrisome designation.

Costa Rica 180

Costa Rica Species Belize New Jersey 180

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J. Norse, and John Kieran. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called “Field Guides” and the first clue will be: “This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn’t available in the United State until 2019.” That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India!

Bolivia 172

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There’s more, so much more, in this highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description of bird behavior. He aims to bring together all ornithological and ecological research on birds and winter the world over–not just in areas covered by snow–and summarize the findings in non-scientific language.

Research 168

Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The guide covers over 650 species, most of the breeding birds in the United States (minus Hawaii) and Canada (like most guides with ‘North America’ in its title, it does not include Mexico or the Caribbean). Acorn Woodpeckers use both communal and cooperative breeding strategies which vary widely among family groups.

Eggs 228

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 228

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Weidensaul’s second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies, connected by his thoughtful, narrative voice and the amazing strands of knowledge being discovered today by brilliant scientists the world over. This is a book that will be read with pleasure and amazement by both birders and nonbirders. Donna). ==.

Birds 242

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 242