10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? In three cases of adoption the common factor was that the adopting individual was sexually attracted to one of the real parents of the young. The Black Heron – besides looking rather cool, though not really very black – also has an interesting fishing technique.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
To attain the top spot, the Gray Jay beat out contenders such as the Common Loon , Snowy Owl , Canada Goose , and Black-capped Chickadee. Whether the Canadian government will adopt this recommendation remains to be seen; at the moment, there is no official Canadian national bird. Adorable photo above by Corey).
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2013
Let’s take a look at some of what lurks inside: Pygmy-owl split. Proposal 2013-A-2 would split the “Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl” ( Glaucidium cobanense ) of southern Mexico and northern Central America from the widespread Northern Pygmy-Owl ( G. gnoma ) on the basis of vocal differences and a discrete range.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2015
We were not party to the count of the original decision, so it is not possible to say whether 34% share of the vote was an improved showing, but the Barn Owl in second place scored only 12% of the crosses, giving the Robin little cause for worry. Long live the King! The result did not meet with universal approval however.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2019
— but there is apparently an entire literature about women who adopt wild birds and devote substantial portions of their lives and psyches to those birds thereafter, often for years and, necessarily, to the point of obsession. As she has done for many years and with more than twenty species, she adopted a baby bird, a blue jay.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2019
I pushed for Wikipedia to adopt them, and then to follow the taxonomy, and given the dominance of Wikipedia in Google search results, this is no small thing. The Barn Owl was a cosmopolitan species, so as it is split the name has to be shared (American, western and eastern). I’m not blind to the list’s faults, though.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
Combined with Christmas Bird Counts and (relatively) lavish year-end vacation time here in North America, the result is a time when we celebrate owls , finches , and sea ducks ; when the local corvids are cheerfully ticked again; when feeders are filled and the odd overwintering individuals from some surprising species are documented.
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