Birds Ducks Investigation Research 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2011
When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed to see that a proposal to re-split Mexican Duck ( Anas diazi ) from Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) has failed. © David J. © David J.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2022
To be precise, “Birding Shanghai from June 10 to June 30, 2022” – but that is even less of an exciting title than the one above. The reason for this post only covering the period from June 10 being that an earlier post, “Revenge Birding”, was about the first 9 days of June. You should try it too.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle. Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. (Yes, But now there is some research on that. From a press release about that research: >Common Loons (Gavia immer) nest on lakes across Canada and the northern U.S.,
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2014
Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. This is similar to the fact that all birds, even first time breeders within a species build identical nests.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
This thrush is extremely common in urban and suburban Germany and one of the most conspicuous bird species here, comparable to the American Robin in North America. A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. Some birds can be completely bald, resembling vultures.
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