10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2018

To the police men and women that he supervises, he can often seem disengaged, following investigatory paths that the others have abandoned, or see no promise in. As his boss, the leader of the station, Colleen Shepherd, says, “He does so like his obtuse angles.”.

Collecting 114

Collecting Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 114

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They form and have lots of genes on them, but over time, all the non sex-related genes abandon the chromosome. And this brings us to Zonotrichia albicollis , the White-Throated Sparrow. The result is that sparrows with this gene have different mating preferences than other sparrows. Two things, really.

Rats 105

Rats Sparrows Birds North Carolina 105

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2015

I hoped to see warblers, warblers, warblers, plus classic northeastern species I had had no opportunity to look for while living in North Carolina. Swarming around my neck, ears, and hair, they forced me to abandon birding altogether as I swatted them away as best I could. As its name implies, we were gazing at a true boreal species!

North Carolina 158

North Carolina Birds North America Woodpeckers 158

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. Other species have certainly expanded their ranges, but never in such a rapid and global scale. This species is primarily an insectivore. a Cattle Egret in Brooklyn.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

It’s among a handful of species — American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee , the unholy trinity of House Sparrow – Rock Pigeon – European Starling , a few others — that have been everywhere I’ve ever lived. We never would have gotten all those extra species of Red Crossbill that way.

Connecticut 172

Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

And apparently, non-birders are more apt to divide birds into general kinds than species lists. Most of them were pretty good in the Owl-Duck-Pigeon range, but they got bogged down when trying to make the leap from a study skin to a particular page of the field guide for, say, a blackbird or a sparrow. And that frustration was epic.

Montana 160

Montana Bald Eagle Owls Ducks 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The birds were right next to an old abandoned farm house, and seemed quite happy to have their photo taken, up to a point, but then like the wind, they were gone, out thru the flat desert areas of New Mexico! This did open up the area to a few new species, like this Wilson’s Warbler. US species – 234.

Albuquerque 121

Albuquerque New Mexico Mexico Sparrows 121

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2011

It traditionally holds the most species of all of the sections in the Queens count and is the only shot the count has at quite a few birds. Sure, there were Red-throated Loons , Common Loons , and a few Common Eider but we needed scoters, all three species, and none were in evidence. What was worrisome, though, was a lack of ducks.

2011 160

2011 Birds Sparrows Ducks 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The IOC world birdlist recognizes 90 species that bear the name “weaver” or “malimbe” Not all of these are true weavers as we will discuss below. There are currently 64 recognized species in this genus, a remarkable number indeed, and this includes the 5 Asian and 2 Malagasy species.

Tanzania 218

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The book is divided into three parts: “Introduction,” “Avifaunal Overview,” and “Species Accounts.” Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 148

New York City New York Birds Breeding 148

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2014

There’s no way around it as the various species are reasonably common, and you will surely want to identify them. And since River Warbler is an incredibly neat species (aka difficult to get on your life list), it sure is worth the effort of peeking at its undies. Option two: abandon bird. Or vice versa. And you know what?

Europe 210

Europe Kazakhstan Sparrows Abandon 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

I’m going to start with a specific example: species accounts for Common Tern and Arctic Tern. How have these species accounts changed from The Sibley Guide to Birds , published in 2000 (heretofore called Sibley One) to The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition , published in March 2014 (and heretofore called Sibley Two).

North America 235

North America Birds Species America 235

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

… The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow.

Feral Cats 205

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. Safflower is not the favorite food of house sparrows, red-winged blackbirds and squirrels. They might eat it if they have to but it can sometimes keep those species away too. You can do one of 2 things: 1.

2011 187

2011 Birds Woodpeckers Blackbirds 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. A trip to the coastal plain may net you up to seven species of warblers, from the omnipresent Yellow-rumps to Chats and Cape Mays.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140