10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
Last year there was a spate of books specifically about bird “behavior” – though one might well say that every book about birds, from field guides on up, is about behavior in some way or another. The page or two of text for each bird has some good stuff, not all pertaining to migration. A “broad spectrum,” indeed.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
Aesthetic charm is probably a big part of making a bird interesting to outsiders, and unfortunately most gulls fall fairly short in both form and voice. But cute is not the same as interesting, as a brief survey of OKCupid will tell you just as well as birds can. And what about lifestyle? Not all, though. What say you?
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
But surprisingly, this niche is not frequently filled by the birds Eurasian birders call flycatchers, which are those more chat-ish species in the family Muscicapidae. Those birds, which popped up along every elevated perch during my time in India were by and large Black Drongos. Birding Drongo India'
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
The status of its preferred wetlands throughout the year dictates movements that often results in a nomadic lifestyle. Conservation organizations such as the Flamingo Specialist Group is actively trying to inform the public on the vulnerability of flamingos. This may include long distance movements in short periods of time.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
My initial reaction was, “Really, dude, of all the birds that you’re allowed to have in Wisconsin, you choose the bird that is going to make birders who don’t understand falconry angry?” They’re not known to be the easiest birds to work with , especially when the temperatures are high. Go home now!”
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
While New Zealand is famous for its endemic oddities, once upon a time New Zealand also had many birds from groups and families that are no longer found here. More curious was the owlet-nightjar, an already obscure group to begin with, but made all the more astonishing by virtue of its flightless and ground living lifestyle.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
I am a birder, and I love birds. I don’t mind that they share the world with other creatures, and I have even developed an appreciation for mammals, reptiles and amphibians – but only so long as watching them doesn’t collide with my finding birds. This small pine tree was very recently demolished by a brown bear.
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