10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2023
The Fairy Pitta is listed as Vulnerable, with the HBW that the species is “rare; global population probably no more than a few thousand individuals” While the sexes are alike, my guess is that the Fairy Pitta in the photo is a male given its early arrival date in Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Birds can be attracted to your home simply by offering food, water and shelter. Birdbaths or pools can be built to supply water, and feeders strategically placed around the yard will furnish supplementary food for the birds when natural sources diminish. There are probably as many birdhouse plans as there are cavity nesting birds.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2011
The use of digital devices to attract birds is getting more and more attention. It’s been brewing on birding listservs for years. The bottom line is that we do not have enough information or research to give a definitive answer as to whether to not it’s harmful to birds. But sometimes, using calls can help birds.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2015
Birding in Florida is unique in that so much of that state’s plenty is evident even to the casual observer. There are few places in the United States where simply driving around can leave you with a list of 30+ species, many of them large and spectacular. There were three burrows, each with a tenant.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2013
There are few birds in the sprawl of suburbia or the sylvan ideal of semi-rural existence as appreciated as wrens. The name wren first entered language to refer to that bouncy bird we now call the Eurasian Wren in the 8th Century as the Old English wraenna. like a snake through grass. Carolina Wren, photo by Nate Swick.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2015
From the 1913 USDA Farmers Bulletin #513, Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard: “The bluebird is one of the most familiar tenants of the farm and dooryard. For rent the bird pays amply by destroying insects, and takes no toll from the farms crop. ” Nest Boxes (Bird Houses) from 1912.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
If you know only a little bit about Charles Darwin, you know that he figured out Evolution via his study of the finches (and other birds) of the Galapagos. Today we view the Galapagos birds, including some finches and some mocking birds, as a great example of evolution.
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