10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

As far back as the late ’70s he’s been entertaining and enlightening birders with his essays and books on the hows and why of birding. The latest from his pen is Birds of Prey , a hybrid between an identification guide and an essay collection, a book of lore that provides a comprehensive overview of the raptors of North America.

North America 102

North America Falcons America Eagles 102

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). The book includes lots of space for Notes. This means that it has some interesting features, which may or may not work in practice.

Cuba 229

Cuba Birds United States 2000 229

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I love reading children’s books, even though my child is well over the age when she asks to have them read at bedtime and my nephews fall asleep all too easily after playing lacrosse all day. Here are three excellent but very different children’s books I enjoyed this year (two were published in 2013, one in 2011).

Puerto Rico 232

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. Some people love books like that. I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2023

The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record – which is the book’s full title, or Arjan Dwarshuis’s Big Year, as I prefer to call it shortly, is a highly anticipated and a long awaited travelogue of the author’s 2016 race against time across 40 countries in his attempt to break the world birding record.

Papua New Guinea 247

Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname South America 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2017

Once again thanks to the good folks at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt we here at 10,000 Birds are giving away books! This time the tome that three lucky readers will receive is Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America by Pete Dunne. But enough about the book! How do you win one?

North America 164

North America Falcons Birds Eagles 164

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

This is a very good thing; it means they publish a lot of books about birds (probably more at this point than U.S. This is a hefty book, 560 pages long and dimensions of 6.3 plus a chapter on “Vagrant landbirds from North America.” British birders are very serious about birding and their birds.

Ireland 143

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

And, I started daydreaming about encountering something a little different, maybe a Horned Frog, Ceratophrys cornuta, a large, squat green and brown frog of South America, with a wide mouth large enough to eat other frogs as well as reptiles. This is what happens when you read a book like Frogs and Toads of the World , by Chris Mattison.

Reptiles 184

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2022

Shorebirds have left their northern tundra pools and boreal fens, August is when they pass through much of North America. while simultaneously working to educate locals about the importance of protecting this top bird of prey. Lots of Booking for the High Season. This last piece of birding news is more of a recommendation.

Costa Rica 189

Costa Rica Eagles West Virginia Albatross 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2022

In Costa Rica, those would be the wood-warblers that do a lot more wintering in the southern USA and the Caribbean than in southern Central America. Established to protect a watershed and used for environmental education in the eastern Central Valley, Rio Loro has a few nice trails, picnic tables, and even has a small canopy tower (!).

Costa Rica 276

Costa Rica Nashville Tennessee Turtles 276

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

I developed a new idea of a sustainable tourism company which rather than complaining about unsustainable practices in the industry, could promote education and research in the field, contributing positively to the protection and conservation of the cultural and biological diversity in Colombia.

Colombia 230

Colombia Industry Birds 2000 230

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park.

Cyprus 250

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2012

They migrate through Central America and winter in South America, apparently almost entirely east of the Andes. This is no mere functional protection of the nesting area from injurious invasion. Eastern Kingbirds breed across the eastern United States and much of southern Canada.

Hunting 192

Hunting Kittens South America United States 192

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The first twenty-nine pages of the book, after the acknowledgements, table of contents, and other prefatory materials, are devoted to the Pantanal and Cerrado and the need to conserve these two endangered biomes. The one major drawback to this book is actually an intended feature and not a glitch.

Brazil 200

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.” Wildlife belongs to everyone and no one.

Wildlife 238

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 238

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

Serengeti NP protects a huge swathe of almost 15,000 km2 / 6000 mi2 in north-west Tanzania. Just one more thing, bird book of choice is the “Birds of East Africa” by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe, second edition (2020). Next time, see you in South America.

Africa 198

Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 198

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. Those are the final words of the book. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

They have a protective instinct and will even sleep across thresholds within your house, taking position. This breed is incredibly loyal and penchant for protection. She has also authored the satirical self-help book, How to Have an Ill-Behaved Dog. Keeping a Komondor clean as he grows up is a challenging task.

Dogs 100

Dogs Dog Training Hungary Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The theft of some “dead birds” captures his imagination, and by the end of the book we’ve traveled with him around the world as he talks to famous fly tiers,* the Tring police, and Rist himself, seeking for the truth behind the story. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!). Frustrated with the U.S.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

YourBirdOasis.com Mar 12th, 2011 at 5:57 pm This post reminds me of a great book I read many years ago and imagine others that frequent 10000birds would also enjoy. It is a sort of political ornithology of Central America in which the main character is traveling about the region hoping to see the Resplendent Quetzal.

Ecuador 193

Ecuador 2011 Deer New York 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Three books will have been published about the Passenger Pigeon by the end of 2014: A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction by Joel Greenberg, The Passenger Pigeon by Errol Fuller, and A Message From Martha: The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today by Mark Avery.

2014 160

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

What are the best field guides for birds in North America? The concept of a big year gained significant attention through books, such as “The Big Year” by Mark Obmascik, which chronicled the experiences of birders participating in competitive big years. What is a “nemesis bird” in birding?

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

camera, laptop, book and a snack. They have great arch support and toe protection and are great for hiking. Even if your birding trip is June, even if you’re going to be in Central America–always pack a pair of gloves. My carry on will always have my scope (1.) binoculars (2.), Hats are a must.

Birds 259

Birds North Dakota Florida Soreing 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2013

The idea is that by engaging these communities, people would not only take pride and protect these sites, but also will see them as potential sources of revenue as visitors pay small entrance fees and spend money hiring services and purchasing goods from these communities.

Peru 258

Peru Birds South Africa United Kingdom 258

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. Bill has led birding trips all across North America and has spoken or performed at more than 100 birding and nature festivals worldwide. This was Snow Bunting heaven. The proposal from U.S.

2011 218

2011 Birds Michigan Ohio 218

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it. The temptation will be to jump to the Wildlife sections.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

Looking further, the book itself says ‘83’ in the introduction. It has also been published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing under the title Wildfowl of Europe, Asian, and North America , which explains why the English translation has British spelling conventions. Plate 29, Mallard and Mexican Duck.

North America 149

North America Asia Europe America 149

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow. Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America.

Feral Cats 207

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 207

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.) This is the birding adventure book supreme. I’m reading a book about a man who is doing a Pitta Big Year,” I say. The Jewel Hunter belongs to a singular niche, the Big Year/Big Lifelist book.

Hunters 192

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 192

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. There is no definitive answer which approach is better, but this checklist’s claim to fame is that it is the first book to describe and illustrate all mammal species found in the region.

Madagascar 241

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin!

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

Wildlife 199

Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! If you are a North American birder, you should make your voice heard.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2019

Birds of Ecuador” is a heavy book, but only marginally more than e.g. Helm Birds of East Africa. Yes, you can always opt for an eBook, but to me, the only book is the real book.). Robin Restall is an acclaimed bird artist, whose works include the Helm’s Birds of Northern South America (2006). Still, is it hefty?

Ecuador 147

Ecuador South America 2006 Birds 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

But my impression is that there is less support for changing the name of every bird with an honorific name, if only because not all namesakes are terrible, and it seems like a lot of disruption to change so many names (about 140 in North America). But in 2020, perhaps the app example is more relevant than the book or museum examples.

Birds 236

Birds Laws 2020 Jordan 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Dawn and Sharon are neighbours, but the males move freely through and between the two areas.

2011 209

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 209