10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
This male Short-tailed Albatross has fledged 2 chicks from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, the only place in the U.S. Short-tailed Albatross was thought to be, at one time, the most abundant species of albatross in the North Pacific. this species breeds. Can you imagine having to go to Alaska just to see our national bird?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast opens with the unexpected appearance of a Laysan Albatross. We are all suckers for an albatross, at least in the United States. The author, conservation biologist Caroline Fox, is observing the albatross’s shadow to the side of the boat. Do I need to say anything more?
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2017
There are also entries for “ albatross ,” “ dove ,” “ eagle ,” “ egret ,” “ flycatcher ,” “ gull ,” “ grebe ,” “ hummingbird ,” “ loon ,” “ murrelet ,” “ shearwater ,” “ sparrow ,” “ swallow ,” “ tern ,” “ thrush ,” “ woodpecker ,” “ wren ,” and so forth. Some entries include etymology (word history) information.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2017
They leave comments on your videos and give you cute names like Ozzie the Osprey and Wisdom the Albatross. It makes people feel like they have to choose sides, and who wants to choose sides between the noble bald eagle and the majestic great horned owl or whatever? We all need this. So just… just try to keep that in mind, ok?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2021
ospreys are mostly right-“handed,” and carry their food, while flying, in one foot only, to fight off kleptoparasites like bald eagles with the other), and of detail, as well, of the process involved in taking that particular photograph. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g.,
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR. Standing in the shadow of a historic lighthouse watching Great Frigatebird, Red and White-tailed tropicbird, Laysan Albatross, and Red-footed Bobby glide by at Kilauea Point NWR is remarkable.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2018
Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. Black-browed Albatross – Thalassarche melanophris. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic.
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