10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2011

” But the tanager brand is changing. Most of these birds are small, finch-like species with thick, conical bills for cracking seeds or eating insects. Odd little grassquits singing from power lines in South America’s great cities. The word “ tanager ” conjures certain images for most of us birder types.

2003 210

2003 Sparrows Family South America 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

First published in 1973 in association with the Asa Wright Center, the book focuses on species descriptions, with illustrations grouped together in plates positioned in the center of the book. The guide covers 477 species, an expansion of 35 from the second edition, which was published in 1991. The AOU has not accepted that split.

Trinidad 194

Trinidad Birds South America Research 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes. Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Five species of frigatebird ply the planet’s tropical skies and seas. Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific.

2011 152

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2014

The first edition, I think it is fair to say, has been pretty much become the go to field guide for North America in the years since it was first published back in 2000. my well-worn first edition with the brand new second edition. The page on extinct species in the introduction is depressing and perfect.

United States 251

United States Owls 2000 North America 251

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The point is, the field guide I grabbed without hesitation was the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition by Jon L. North America is defined as from north of the Mexican border to the far north, plus “adjacent islands and seas within 200 nautical miles off the coast or offshore islands.”

North America 182

North America America 2017 Birds 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2018

After four decades of establishing bitter hoppiness as the hallmark of their brand of craft brewing, American brewers have turned their attention to other brash flavors, diving headlong into sour brewing of late. In the world of brewing, some beers could be sour, and others bitter, but one at a time, only, please. Well, until now.

Collecting 100

Collecting St. Louis Dogs Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

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. That’s Pitta, people, not Antpitta, which is what I foolishly first envisioned, having never birded beyond the Americas.) And mosquitos. edition of the book in the fall. (At

Hunters 192

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Not only is the book reproduction cleaner and the colors brighter, it is slightly cropped so that the bird jumps off the page at you, but also cropping out the species name. As I said before, the book plates utilize the species names used in the original books and drawings.

Australia 186

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2019

It was inevitable that Birds and Booze would one day get around to reviewing Grey Goose, the popular and high-profile brand of premium French vodka that comes in an attractive bottle adorned with frosty white silhouettes of geese in flight. In North America, one might immediately be tempted to call these Snow Geese ( Anser caerulescens ).

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Geese Branding France Poland 134

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2020

The European Robin was once known in Britain by its old Anglo-Saxon name of “ruddock”, but in the fifteenth century, it became popular to apply personal names to common birds and “robinet” or “robin” – diminutive forms of “Robert” – became the common way to refer to this familiar species.

Ireland 158

Ireland Branding Spain Compassion 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

I couldn’t wait to give names to all my new species. I tried using the Internet, but found it frustrating for all the usual reasons; websites either didn’t include all species or were difficult to use for identification. Each species account is 2-pages long, one page of text and one page of photographs.

Ireland 172

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

It made us reach for our field guide for North America, but that really does not compare to the real thing. I did not get to appreciate all that America had to offer for the birder until I returned with my husband, Grant, in 1989. I then had a year in Florida – beware the alligators and hurricanes!

South Africa 158

South Africa United States Austin Alligators 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2020

A pair of Herring Gulls ( Larus argentatus ) from The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1785-1851). But no matter where you find them, the search for gulls is often accompanied by its own brand of self-inflicted suffering, for which whisky is the perfect remedy. Be sure to bundle up. Let’s go with European Herring Gull.

Ireland 190

Ireland Branding Species Industry 190