10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. Angell’s black-and-white methodology works well for crows, ravens and owls, his chosen subjects, and it also surprisingly well for more colorful birds, even Indian Peafowl.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The vampire bat is the vehicle for a discussion of what Higgins calls the human sense of pleasure and pain (but not, as to the latter, for the reason you might think). As late as 1963, Higgins says, there were various theories that sought to explain the hunting prowess of owls – smell, night vision, the ability to detect body heat.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2018
We made several stops along the way, hoping our eBird research would give us local hotspots that might turn up a few gems. What did find right off the bat, was an amazing group of people, all willing to help out in so many ways. That lovely little owl represented bird number 34 for the run thru Texas! Eastern Screech owl.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2017
Owls are not included, though they sometimes are in ‘raptor’ guides. Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp. There are also depictions of birds in habitat, like the Bat Falcon in the rain forest, above, and some close-ups of heads or tails. Its organization can be challenging.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
The next morning was our travel day, but we spent a couple of hours with Franklin again, tracking down a Ferruginous Pygmy-owl, Striped-headed Sparrows, a pair of Bat Falcons, Laughing falcons, Dusky-caped Flycatchers, Panama Flycatcher, Striped Cuckoo, Rufous-napped Wrens , and a bird that was high on my target list, the Double-striped Thick-knee.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2018
Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Northern Saw-whet Owl – Aegolius acadicus. Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum.
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