10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2021
Dunn starts in Alaska with the goal of seeing Rufous Hummingbird at the northern extreme of its migration (which he does with some effort and a few bear sightings) and ends in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, “the end of the world,” with the sighting of a Green-backed Firecrown feeding at a firetree in cold drizzly rain.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2020
He discusses the process in his BirdCallsRadio interview , commenting on how he brought his extensive knowledge of birds, their behavior and anatomy, to bear on understanding how to position the images. Phil Gregory brings years of field experience to this project. and Sicklebill Safaris.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2014
It prompted a lot of questions, many of which I had previously answered by simple supposition and presumption, but which now became highlighted as inadequate in the light of this experience. I changed to a position further up the slope which allowed me to get a better angle on the top of the branch and bear out my supposition.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Some of his finds are the first documented records of the bird in that area or the first decent photograph of a little-known species. And sun bears. If it were just the birds, I’d grab my bins and be on the next plane to Asia or Africa. But, there are other things out there in the jungle, things like leeches. And mosquitos.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. A non-bird Best Bird of the Year? Preposterous!
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