10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. 2019), and now this book. The book is structured cinematically. Author Joshua Hammer.

Falcons 209

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. The resulting book, 616 pages in length, 6.4 Let’s hear it for the return of the forest!

Pennsylvania 228

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 228

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

It isn’t in your book of seabirds? (It But, to Elizabeth Gehrman, the author of Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man who Brought it Back from Extinction, and to David Wingate, the man who Gehrman profiles in this excellent book, the Bermuda Petrel is always the cahow. You’ve never heard of the cahow?

Birds 167

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal).

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s a unique bird, even its scientific name is wonderful, so it’s not surprising that Gerard Gorman, Woodpecker Expert Supreme, has written a book all about the species. Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. This is a very easy book to read. It’s an open question.

Woodpeckers 234

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 234

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Some Thai researchers looked at the breeding ecology of the Buff-breasted Babbler and published their findings in the somewhat unsuitable-sounding journal “Agriculture and Natural Resources”.

China 227

China Birds Pythons Eagles 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2019

Greeney was recommended to me as a book I HAD to review by no less than three birding friends. I hesitated because a 496-page book about two skulky neotropical bird groups is a little intimidating. It’s a fairly large book considering the limited subject matter. Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harry F.

Research 140

Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 140

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

This is a large, heavy book–6.8 Falcons follow hawks in the book, for example, while falcons follow hoopoes in the 2015 IOC World Bird List, and I think most of us (I’m looking at you, Jochen) will agree that the guide’s arrangement makes sense intuitively and pragmatically, if not taxonomically.

Australia 107

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 107

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

So, it is strange that while books have been written about owls and hawks, and the semi-charismatic seabirds and shorebirds, there have been few books written about woodpeckers. This is a comprehensive, handsome reference book that is likely to become the standard for many years. Gorman is the perfect woodpecker author.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 242