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. Naming a bird species for the part of the world in which it breeds or resides makes sense. Consider some examples: NAMED FOR OTHER BIRDS.

Rights 113

Rights Connecticut Tennessee Nashville 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. Am I willing to give up the field guide which bears the mud and dirt of so many falls on so many birding trips? The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition. I sit at my desk looking at my field guides.

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North America 2003 Birds America 166

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

In Costa Rica, it’s also happening, not as in full force mode as the temperate north but that will change in a month when we see thousands of Eastern Wood-pewees , flocks of Eastern Kingbirds , and other species hurrying their way to South America. It can and does work !

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Costa Rica South America Tennessee 2019 153

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

At 3-4 inches long , they rival those of the great Grizzly Bear, and allow the Harpy Eagles to go after prey unavailable to many other birds. ” Panama hosts the largest breeding population of Harpy Eagles, though they were once “found from southern Mexico through Central and South America all the way down to northern Argentina.”

Panama 100

Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2017

to South America that has brown shoulders and conspicuous white markings on the rump and tail”) notes that it was named for the American naturalist Edward Harris. Are Laysan and Midway, the two primary breeding locations, “adjacent” despite being hundreds of miles apart and separated by other islands?

Albatross 105

Albatross Bears Ducks Bald Eagle 105

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

2011 215

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 215

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2011

The Mexican Duck, as its name suggests, is native to Mexico and parts of the southwestern United States, and unlike the Mallard, the Mexican Duck does not have a showy male breeding plumage; both sexes are brown throughout the year.

Ducks 169

Ducks North America Texas Mexico 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Outside of the breeding season a few birds may join together in a loose flock if the feeding is good. The former British colony’s Z.c. melli strain is one of as many as 12 races and shows a lighter face than many of the others. Great shots!

2011 186

2011 Deer India New York 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

Books about birds are a wealth of written and pictorial information to birders, and an exalted few have become watersheds in the history of ornithological study: Ornithologiae by Francis Willughby, Birds of America by John James Audubon, and Guide to the Birds by Roger Tory Peterson, to name just a few of the most legendary.

2015 113

2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113