10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Terminology / Cow Birds Cow Birds By Rick • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share So what do Buffleheads and Bitterns and Hornbills have in common? They’re all named for livestock.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The two most prolific contributors, Pat and Tom, have been sharing their birding space in Costa Rica. It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. Hostel Casa Sarapiqui. 22 Oct 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

A line plotted against the law of diminishing returns describes an increasingly downward curve and a lister’s life is destined to follow that decline. The beats noted 886 birds between them, 10 of which were new to the life list (which now enters its third year and currently stands at 3282). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Sacramento 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

The law of diminishing returns brings the inevitability of repeat sightings and has checked the momentum of the combined beats’ list for June. The same can be said of 10,000 Birds beat writers, but we are not as sensitive on the whole. Next month, there will be a sweepstake open to all 10,000 Birds readers.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

In 1850, the Passenger Pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ) was the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world. Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. A newly created U.S. But I digress.

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