10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

What if there was an international multi-day Birding competition? What if there was an event that truly captured the rigors and fast-paced nature of the sport? What if this event took place in one of the most biodiverse natural areas in the world? Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open.

Peru 225

Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 225

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2012

My friends, knowing my interest in birds, were eager to show me. In European folklore particularly, birds (that is White Storks ) bringeth babies, and birds (specifically various types of eagles) taketh babies away. Everyone knows you bait eagles with babies in Alpine meadows, DUH.

Eagles 135

Eagles Psychology Primates Montana 135

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2023

With a transit time of at least two hours from any of the accommodations typically used for birding, this relatively pristine area is awash with surprises. Back in 2014 we stumbled upon a juvenile Double-toothed Kite and that was the first and only time I have ever seen that species well.

Trinidad 29

Trinidad Falcons Primates Monkeys 29

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Even among our primate relatives, whoa are generally very smart, “Theory of Mind” is found in only a few species. Capuchin monkeys, macaques, Cotton Top Tamarins, Chimpanzees, and many other animals, including various birds, have been investigated and found to be unable to make inferences about HCAs.

Abandon 227

Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with.

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

One of the key features of birds, and I use the term “key” literally, is vocalization. Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Vocalization is central to bird behavior and evolution.

Groups 169

Groups Collecting Primates Bats 169

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

Recently, the news came out that beloved Archaeopteryx is not really a bird ancestor. This has happened before, Archaeopteryx and the bird family tree have had an often tenuous relationship. The second kind of trait are those held in common by different bird and non-bird lineages because of common ancestry.

Mammals 247

Mammals Europe Groups Family 247