10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Having warned to her theme she introduces her villain of the piece, the AMNH researcher Chris Filardi, who collected a kingfisher. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation. You see, the bird was collected for scientific study.

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Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Birds 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Be warned, The Atlas of Birds is not a map book, though it does contain maps, lovely orange and purple and green bird distribution maps. It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. Intriguing, isn’t it?

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Albatross Birds Campaign Protection 196

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Most of the books about extinction, including Fuller’s Extinct Birds (now, ironically, out of print), describe what was lost and look for explanations, scientifically and historically. The idea of Lost Animals was conceived after the publication of Extinct Birds (2001), a 400-page, four-pound book on 75 extinct species.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. Research to determine the ability to understand the HCA vs. Research to determine the ability to understand the HCA vs. UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. But that’s another story.

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 227

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Definitely my personal favorite of Africa’s pink birds is the delicate Pink-throated Twinspot. Pink-backed Pelican by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours.

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Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

How about you… would you like to get your hands on the Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds ? Our dear friends at Princeton University Press , home of so many indispensable and inspired birding books, has graciously offered three copies of the new Crossley ID Guide for 10,000 Birds readers. Want a copy?

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2011 Deer Owls New York 222

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large, flightless bird native to the tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and a handful of islands in the Moluccas.

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Guinea Meat Australia Pets 138

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

There are few bird names that will elicit great big smiles and Penguin is one of them. Other contenders are Kookaburra, Shoebill, and Umbrellabird, but people smile when they hear these names because they know a song or because they can’t believe these are real names of real birds. <pause> Do I have your attention now?

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

These were the sounds I heard as I walked around a small pond in Amherst, Massachusetts last week, looking for dragonflies, listening for birds. There are over 5,000 species of frogs in existence (5,858 at the time the book was written, the exact number changes as research dictates re-arrangements of taxonomy and new species are discovered).

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 184

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

But first, not thinking of proper research, I made no difference between questions, nor were the mentioned destinations really visited or only dreamed about. 4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. 10%: Australia, Papua New Guinea. 15%: Colombia, New Guinea (irrespective of the part/country).

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Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals. Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. One of the central papers, Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds (Jarvis et al. Open Jarvis et al.’s

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I worked with an enormous collection of bird skins in the collection of Te Papa (The National Museum of New Zealand) during my (unfinished) PhD. Shelf after shelf after shelf of trays of dead birds, most with their original archaic Victorian era label written in spindly cursive attached to a leg. New Zealand Bitterns.

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Collecting Solomon Islands New Zealand Fiji 219

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Hutton’s Shearwaters are a bit of a mystery bird in the north of Western Australia, as you very rarely see them. It is believed that birds under two years of age wander the Australian coastline, but the information varies considerably between different field guides. Sadly it had recently died, but no record should be ignored.

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New Zealand Australia 2012 Breeding 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Are there birders out there who do not dream of birding Australia? Possibly birders who have already birded Australia (but, wouldn’t you want to go back?) or birders who live there (but, how can you bird it all?). So, I welcomed the opportunity to review The Australian Bird Guide.

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Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

It is, instead, a member of the Petroicidae, the Australasian robins, a family mostly found in New Guinea and Australia but also reaching here in New Zealand and as far across the Pacific as Fiji. Until I started researching this post I didn’t know an interesting fact about the range of this species.

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Guinea Fiji Australia New Zealand 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Australia has a lot of birds. The “ Working List of Australian Birds, v.4 4 ,” published by BirdLife Australia lists 2,016 birds, but that includes subspecies (add extinct, domestic, failed introduced & non-confirmed birds and you have 2,106). I recently visited Australia (Yay!) How did they do that?!”

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Australia Birds 2017 Groups 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

Tom continues his odyssey around the world, bumping into birds and beats along the way. During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Tom’s odyssey continued through New Zealand and passes on to Australia. April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

9 beats, birded 9 countries this month; Belize , Guatamala , Costa Rica, UK, Iran, USA, Greece, Australia and Mexico. Those are the numbers, here come the birds; Alphabetic Taxonomic. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. Ota Ward–Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park). Great Tinamou – Tinamus major.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

May by numbers looked like this; 11 beats shared 194 lists and ticked 943 birds between us. The collaborative profile has been boosted by 2 new American states, adding Tennessee and Arkansas to the coloured patches across the map of the USA. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

It’s September and time for birds to start their southerly journeys. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. Jason hoisted his colours in Kansas and claimed the state for 10,000 Birds. In an unusual turnaround during September, more birds were seen in USA than in Costa Rica. 23 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The two most prolific contributors, Pat and Tom, have been sharing their birding space in Costa Rica. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Best wishes to you all for 2019, keep safe and keep birding. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Lake Ngatu.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

The UK has been birded clean by Tom as he ends his Little Big Year (Part 1). Jason broke new ground in Alaska, adding Marbled Murrulet and bringing the Upper 1 to 1. 9 beats visited 8 countries, submitting 102 checklists along the way, accounting for 609 birds. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. Who is going to tell the clans? Does Mel Gibson know?

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2014

While I sometimes complain about the lack of variety of birds in New Zealand, there are at least some birds here that are a) hard to find but b) can be found in many places. In New Zealand that’s kind of a big deal for me, and there, sitting on a dead branch in plain view, was a damn Shining Bronze-cuckoo.

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New Zealand Solomon Islands Sanctuary Vanuatu 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

February birding can be tough. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Bellbird – Anthornis melanura. New Zealand Fantail – Rhipidura fuliginosa. Weka – Gallirallus australis. Mussell Inn.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. • Explore These Related Posts I spy Osprey Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets? Sweet, so they show the same personality traits in a cage as in the wild.

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 148

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

Actually, she didn’t necessarily want to tap my ID skills, such as they are, but the aggregated ornithological genius of the 10,000 Birds readership. Certain aspects of this identification are problematic, such as the bird’s shape, location, and limited cinnamon rustiness on its body or breast. What about the rest?

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Ducks North America Denmark America 228

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Electric storms closed the new walkway there and he amassed a total list of just 3 birds! It is a dream, nay, a mission statement of 10,000 Birds to see as many of the World’s birds as possible. Should the fancy take you, you could call up a 10,000 Birds life list (from 2016 onwards. 12 Jan 2016. 01 Jan 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Some people read cookbooks though they have no intention of whipping up a mushroom risotto, some people read bird guide books, even when the likelihood of actually seeing the creatures in those guides is remote. Seabirds: The New Identification Guide is an identification guide to seabirds of the world, all of them.

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Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. She’s produced seven photographic books about the Galapagos Islands and books on the Andes, Antarctica, and New Zealand (her current home). It is not an essential purchase.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? Happy birding if you suddenly find yourself single. 458 birds were seen by 7 beats in 8 countries. 458 birds were seen by 7 beats in 8 countries. A new country, Ireland, was added to bring the total countries list to 48.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Also, for quarter of a century I have been canoeing the Danube backwaters inside Belgrade and collecting data about birds (most of it I have entered into the eBird). So, I helped with the creation of two new nature reserves in my city?

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Agenda Protection New Zealand Argentina 169