10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2014

Let’s say you’re a bird wrapping up your breeding season in the north of Scotland—where do your thoughts turn when winter beckons? the Caribbean islands, and Ecuador and Peru. The researchers theorize that these birds might not be strays from the Scandinavian Phalarope population, but instead perhaps originally from North America.

Iceland 209

Iceland South America Ecuador Stray 209

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us. This is all very unveganly, but I went for it nevertheless.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. Make up your mind, Ringer!

2011 159

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 159

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2019

Who can forget Mike and Corey’s stories about Maria, the Giant Antpitta at Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador, or James Currie ‘s quest to see the Scaled Antpitta at Tandayapa Lodge? It’s not a book for everyone, but Neotropical bird enthusiasts who intensely bird South America will want to read it before and after every trip.

Research 161

Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 161