10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

A lot of this material is in her earlier book, Condors in Canyon Country, published by the Grand Canyon Association in 2007, now out-of-print (though available used). My only wish is that the book included photographs. I’d love to read a book about your adventures in Guatemala studying Yellow-naped Amazons, Sophie!)

California Condor 169

California Condor Falcons California Birds 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

That was the fourth edition, dated 1980, and I didn’t realize at the time that we were getting the books for free because the fifth edition had just been published. (I Plus, in a major expansion, the birds of Hawaii, the most recent geographical addition to the American Birding Association Checklist.

North America 199

North America America Hawaii Birds 199

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The Pough & Eckelberry guides (add in artist Earl L Poole who did black-and-white drawings for the later titles) were notable for Pough’s discursive text and Eckelberry’s lovely painted portraits, and many older birders have stories about how they were inspired by these books. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. Those are the final words of the book. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. We can--and we must" (222).

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And, sometimes, I use chip notes to try to lure a bird in, using just a couple of notes and only if I was sure it would not be interfering with a breeding bird or other birder’s enjoyment. You can easily scroll through the 940 species of bird included, which covers the United States (including Hawaii) and Canada.

New York 172

New York Battery Hawaii United States 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This excellent book describes nests but has few images of them, the color plates are of the nestlings and eggs. The guide covers over 650 species, most of the breeding birds in the United States (minus Hawaii) and Canada (like most guides with ‘North America’ in its title, it does not include Mexico or the Caribbean).

Eggs 220

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Both books are by Roger Tory Peterson “with contributions” from Michael DiGeorgio, Paul Lehman, Peter Pyle, and Larry Rosche. The book went to publication before the most recent change of McCowan’s Longspur to Thick-billed Longspur, so ink that in.

North America 218

North America America 2020 Hawaii 218