10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

2011 151

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

My best bird of the weekend was a Great Black-backed Gull , a rarity in a land-locked Serbia, with less than 10 observations so far. Alright, it did focused on the weldings of the barge and not the bird, but it was still amazing. (I The choice of a scope reflects one’s approach to birding. in which way? In every way!

Greece 167

Greece Battery Experience Experiments 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

Whisky Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskies all month long. An excellent whisky selection for any Burns Supper is the The Famous Grouse, which is not only the best-selling brand of whisky in Scotland but also features the best-known bird in the world of whisky.

Sheep 189

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.

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California Condor Oregon California Zoos 103

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Shallows provide an ideal spawning ground for almost 50 fish species and submerged islands breeding ground for more than 100 bird species. I suck at bird songs but this one sounds more like something coming from a pinball machine. Along the cliffs before the citadel, another great bird shows up – a small flock of Alpine Swifts.

Romania 116

Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 116

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. My parrots have nailed me harder than any wild bird,” said Jodi Swenson. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. All the way through – and a brand-new volunteer had to pull it out!

Wildlife Rehabilitation 159

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 159

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. Calling an inhumane practice "humane" does not make that practice humane.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. British birder Chris Gooddie, my new birding hero, not only dreamed the fantasy, he lived it. That’s Pitta, people, not Antpitta, which is what I foolishly first envisioned, having never birded beyond the Americas.)

Hunters 187

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 187

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

I was thinking of inventing a background story about a Chinese poet mentioning starlings (and other bird species) in one of his poems, and a rich Chinese fan of these poems pursuing the ambition of introducing all bird species mentioned therein to China, explaining the occasional occurrence of the starling in Shanghai.

Birds 180

Birds Research Science Europe 180

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

We can bird all over the world, and although we are not guaranteed a field guide to every single region and country in the world, there are a whole lot more of them than in the mid-1970’s, when world birders like Phoebe Snetsinger often had to put together their own checklists and guides. I couldn’t wait to give names to all my new species.

Ireland 168

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2020

Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskeys all month long. In the above preface to Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze, we’re promised “rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland and the birds that inhabit them”.

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Ireland Branding Species Industry 182