10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Other birders might however owe their very lives to this neglect. A small brown bird. Boy, this pic (and bird) was surely worth the wait. On the contrary, it may very well be one of the most dangerous bird species in Asia, if not the world. Many birders might regret this one day. Let me first deal with the regret.

Burma 161

Burma Laos Birds Indonesia 161

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

I’m not a big fan of bird banding. When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. to find out her actual age. Should they keep her?

Rabbits 236

Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 236

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Having come back to the blog in whatever form and persistency, the overarching subject of language in birding seemed to be a suitable and deserving theme since bird names were part of my original beat. How have birds infiltrated our everyday language, even of non-birders? No birds required.

Germany 180

Germany Birds Hunters Owls 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Nineteenth and early twentieth century naturalists collected birds on long and arduous exploratory expeditions in the New World. A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. There were subsequent expeditions to the region in search of Guans, but none yielded evidence of the bird.

Collecting 268

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 268

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

Most people think of brood parasitism and two kinds of bird spring to mind: the cowbirds (most often the Brown-headed Cowbird ) and the Old World cuckoos (most often the Common Cuckoo ). It’s easy to see why some birds adopt this way of life. Babies… babies… ok, how about brood parasitism?

Eggs 155

Eggs Neglecting Adoptable Hunting 155