10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2024
It’s also about personal journeys, where knowledge comes from and how it is shared, investigating the past through the lens of history and the lens of informed imagination, learning how to negotiate the grays of our ornithological heritage, and the magic of discovery. The mind reels.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2019
The summer of 2019 will forever be defined by my move to Tallahassee. A raccoon investigates crabs on the mud flats. After all, the refuge was established in 1931 to protect the wintering grounds of migratory species, and my head has already filled with dreams of crisp, cool hikes, trusty binoculars over my shoulder.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
There are many strands that make up the scientific investigations into the question, “Where do the birds go?” As Heiman points out herself, there are many migratory species we still know very little about. Two of these books do cover some of the topics explored in Flight Paths ( A World on the Wing and Songbird Journeys ).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2017
The arguments were framed by legal standards under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Both parties — FWS and Audubon — wanted the same thing: preservation of the California Condor. But they disagreed on the means to obtain that shared goal.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
My surprise at reading such a detailed account (I don’t have Klem’s dissertation in front of me, but I’m imagining this is a more personal retelling) was tempered by the thought that Klem wasn’t describing any old research, this was the FIRST research project investigating why birds fly into glass. by Daniel Klem, Jr.,
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
In the case of most of these wonderful bird species, I probably know where they are most likely to be found. In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). Another local species that loves burnt-over areas is the Gray Silky-Flycatcher.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2019
Species with small ranges ( e.g. , single island endemics) or tiny populations ( e.g. , endangered species) are especially vulnerable. territory of Puerto Rico, an American territory where researchers have numerous ongoing investigations, including many studies in El Yunque National Forest. Much of what exists is from the U.S.
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