Remove America Remove Events Remove Hunting Remove Research
article thumbnail

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. Each decade of the 20th century is then explored, taking a close look at the development of wild bird feeding as an industry and a hobby, grounding trends within larger world events. And conservation. Maybe not as obvious, but probably the most important.

America 236
article thumbnail

Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

10,000 Birds

What are the best field guides for birds in North America? Birders often play a vital role in monitoring bird populations, contributing data to scientific research, and participating in citizen science initiatives that help track bird distributions, migration patterns, and breeding behaviors. Analysis : Good summary.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

If this was America, we might not be concerned because starlings are an invasive species, at least in North America. But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there. BBC has the story as a video. .

Science 151
article thumbnail

Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

Fortunately for the honor of the species, the researchers found that kleptoparasitism was practiced at a low rate (4% of observations) while much more often, drongos captured insects disturbed by other species (41% of observations). I am sure one could make a very boring movie based on the events described in this paper.

Birds 222
article thumbnail

Bird Science and Evolution: 2013 Year In Review

10,000 Birds

But I’ve compiled a sampling of this year’s news and events for your edification. 02–19 There may be a crisis of the Duck Stamp, and the relationship between duck hunting, habitat preservation, and funding may be shifting as Duck numbers and Duck stamp sales no longer correlate. Birds Bird evolution research'

Science 191
article thumbnail

Eurasian Tree Sparrows from long ago

10,000 Birds

Unlike the House Sparrow, there was only one successful introduction event for the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (sometimes called the German Sparrow to avoid confusion with the American Tree Sparrow). This event took place in April of 1870, in Lafayette Park in St. A helpful site gave me not only the block, but the very backyard to check!

Sparrows 167
article thumbnail

The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Crawford, in “Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America (sic)”: A document dated 24 October 1511 was an order from the Bishop of Valencia for each ship from the Islands and Tierra Firme to bring to Seville ten turkeys, half males and half females, for breeding. According to R.D. Which would be weird.

Turkey 207