10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. I didn’t.). GUIDE COVERAGE.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

North American warblers, on the other hand, often bear names of, at best, marginal utility. Somehow, the northernmost redstart in the Americas didn’t receive the same treatment. In fact, Tennessee Warblers are the most abundant warbler in the coffee plantations of Central America in winter. NAMED FOR PLACES.

Rights 113

Rights Connecticut Tennessee Nashville 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

That’s Pitta, people, not Antpitta, which is what I foolishly first envisioned, having never birded beyond the Americas.) And sun bears. And, to give his dream year a little more oomph, he created a grand once-in-a-lifetime goal: to track down and see every pitta species in the world in one year. And mosquitos. And leeches.

Hunters 196

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2020

Even through they subsist on insects during much of the year, European Robins are year-round residents of Britain, and during the colder, gray months of year, their colorful bearing and often audacious presence around humans was not lost on early observers. The European Robin as depicted by Dutch artist Johannes Gerardus Keulemans.

Ireland 163

Ireland Branding Spain Compassion 163