10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. Interestingly, the first description of a nest of Whitehead’s Spiderhunter was only published in 2015. I guess it would not be ok to do this to your own relatives, but with strangers, it is probably ok.

Birds 235

Birds Indonesia Breeding Charlotte 235

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Europeans must use these to come and bear away in the name of civilization all these dregs of the human race. Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag? The raptors of Ruoergai deserve a separate post.

China 181

China Mongolia Birds Russia 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2020

A European Robin ( Erithacus rubescens ) from British Birds and their Eggs by John Maclair Boraston (1909). By 1912, the company was known to be producing a 12-year old whiskey nicknamed “Redbreast” by its chairman, an avid birdwatcher.

Ireland 168

Ireland Branding Spain Compassion 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. Published by Rocky Mountain Books, a small Canadian publishing company, this is an author and a book that deserves a readership beyond Canadian borders. And, this was badly needed.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100