10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2020
2020 is almost over… finally. Rather than belabor the obvious, I’ll just point out that the global pandemic may have spawned a new wave of birders, but collectively we’ve seen far fewer species of birds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2022
It’s the subject of the eleventh essay in this collection, almost smack in the middle of the 22 pieces that comprise the book. ” Each essay focuses on a current birding experience (with one exception, an essay about Nathan Leopold, the murderer who was a birder). How is birding like rock climbing? by Susan Fox Rogers.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. I wish I had read this book. He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. They complement Kricher’s text.,
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Perhaps those people have never had to personally experience increasingly erratic climate patterns. Our 2020 drought taught me that any body of water, no matter how small, might host these “drought refugees” in dry years. I understand there are still people out there who deny human-induced climate change.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Last week I wrote about my first experience with a new site that a friend thought looked promising when he saw it on Google Maps. This time I got to see Pied-billed and Least Grebes at the reservoir, along with last week’s collection of Egrets. But they are still too populated for my 2020 tastes. My friend was right.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” The checklist of the Louisiana Ornithological Society was at 485 as of August 2020.) Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ” I wondered.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
And the very best and the most up-to-date field guide is Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore ”, the 2020 Lynx and BirdLife International Collection guide by Chong Leong Puan, Geoffrey Davison and Kim Chye Lim.
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