10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here’s a diagram, available on the Audubon site , that compares its 2000 range with its anticipated 2080 range: Only 1 percent of the bird’s breeding range remains stable between 2000 and 2080 if global warming continues on its current course. … Conservation Audubon endangered species Extinction Week longspurs science'

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Species Science Los Angeles Birds 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

Gulls of the World: A Photographic Field Guide is a successor, or companion, as the author terms it, to Klaus Malling Olsen’s classic guide, Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm, 2004*). Describing gull plumage is a combination of science, graphic art, and visual metaphor. Howell & Jon Dunn in Gulls of the Americas.

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2004 North America America Europe 161

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

Though it was well-known to the Native American populations that shared its space, the black-footed ferret was overlooked by Lewis and Clark and all subsequent Euro-American expeditions, remaining officially unknown to science until John James Audubon, his sons, and the Rev. But the ferrets kept dying.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 192

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

It is self-evident when watching a grebe, for instance the wide-ranging and common Pied-billed Grebe of the Americas, that this is a bird built for the water unlike any other. I would never have believed it, but if the science says so who am I to argue otherwise? Pied-billed Grebe , photo by Steve Tucker. Not enough for you?

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Jordan Guatemala Birds South America 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The task of wrestling this topic down into something that the human mind can manage, without losing sight of the big picture because it’s snowing in Buffalo, is likely to be the task of a lifetime for many science communicators.

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Netherlands Birds Buffalo Science 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

Erika is a first year graduate student studying Ecosystem Science and Conservation at Duke. In her free time she travels near and far to find birds to continue building her life list, though many of her favorites can still be found right in her own backyard. Lots and lots of birds.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 184

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

In Sibley Two, the in-flight images literally fly across the page in slight diagonals, with the full-bodied images are presented below in a parallel order (meaning we see the same bird–fresh juvenile, worn juvenile, 1st year, Adult breeding, Adult nonbreeding–in the same part of the page for each species).

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North America Birds Species America 247

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2012

That’s right! The locations ranged from Toronto, Ontario to Pacific Grove, California with most counts in or near the population centers of northeastern North America. Christmas Bird Counts are organized all over North America, as well as scattered locations throughout Central and South America.

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North America Birds America South America 129

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Males of this species are more brightly colored in their non-breeding winter plumage. Greater Double-collared Sunbird (right) is less common and more localized than its smaller cousin. The Southern (or Lesser) Double-collared Sunbird (left) is an often abundant species that is usually first detected by its cheery song.

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South Africa Lesotho Africa Swaziland 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature. He effectively brings his point across by presenting facts and images and a little bit of hard science. Or the destruction of the forests, food source and breeding grounds. journey, written up in diary format.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

But I found myself wondering things like: If Common Ringed Plovers migrate from here through Europe, and Semipalmated through North America, what happens to the different type of offspring from a single mixed brood? Do the Common Ringed type migrate through Europe and the Semipalmated head south?

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Research Europe Iceland Panama 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Yellow-Legged Gull These gulls breed around the Mediterranean and have yellow, rather than flesh-coloured legs. Get yours today!

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age. to a high of 11%.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254