10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2015
You know a bird is beautiful when Robert Tory Peterson describes it as a “ sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.” ” New Hampshire must have thought the same, for they voted the Purple Finch the state bird in 1957. Originally, the Purple Finch ran into opposition from proponents of the New Hampshire hen.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
As devoted readers of 10,000 Birds know , the writers contribute checklists to a joint eBird account called the “ 10,000 Birds Collaborative.”. As of mid-November 2021, the Collaborative had submitted more than 4,200 checklists (up from 1,700 in 2018) and has observed 691 species in the United States (up from 618).
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Since 2016, writers at 10,000 Birds have been contributing checklists to a joint eBird account called the “10,000 Birds Collaborative.” The writers at 10,000 Birds span the globe, but I am particularly interested in the lists for the United States, as that is my “beat.” Citizens), it would do well, with 107 species.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2020
In his blog, Birds and Nature North America, the peripatetic Bruce Beehler professes to cover not just what the title says, but also American culture, American history, and “stories of back-roads travel and camping.” Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons. Yale, New Haven and London. By Bruce M.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
There are 35 raptor species that have a presence in the United States and Canada, 56 (more or less) if you count by subspecies, and they are all covered in admirable, exhausting, unbelievable detail in B irds of Prey of the East: A Field Guide and Birds of Prey of the West: A Field Guide by Brian K. Structure & Organization.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2017
I managed to actually beat my year list total, as accounted by eBird, by one bird. I saw Painted Wolves again, my favourite species ever. I also managed to go to 10 different countries, so rather than arbitrarily pick my top 10 birds of the year, I’ll arbitrarily pick a top bird from each country. I bought a house.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2012
Several years ago I asked one of my birding mentors, a curmudgeon with an enviable life list, if he was a bird watcher, a birder, or a lister? Birders only look at birds. Which is why I was so excited when I found out that the Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England was being published.
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