10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

One of the reasons I enjoy about reviewing books is the opportunity to read titles I wouldn’t ordinarily encounter, not because they aren’t good but because they don’t fall easily into a category. Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller is one of these books. more than there really was to see!” (p.

Animal 269

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 269

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than a reference book with images of birds and facts about their identifying field marks. There are large avian handbooks and small ‘how-to bird’ guides, and quite a few excellent books of both types have been published. And, each essay tells a story.

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. The book is focused on suburban living, with little attention given to the unique challenges of urban bird feeding.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 180

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

So, when Redgannet asked me if I was interested in reviewing Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition , by Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps, a book he had acquired at Birdfair, I hesitated. Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species?

Brunei 178

Brunei Birds Asia China 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Two books, two authors, two countries bursting with neotropical avian diversity. Since the books share authors and a creation process, I thought I would review them together. There is no reason expertise and talent cannot be shared across field guides when the books are published close together, like these are.

Costa Rica 224

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. So if you want to see a Kirtland’s Warbler, you go to Michigan in May or June. photo by Lynn C.

Michigan 238

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 238

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute. In some ways, this is a puzzling chapter.

Owls 222

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 222

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to the book “Australian Bird Names” (Fraser/Gray), there are conflicting views on the origin of ‘dotterel’. ” If you want to hear about the equivalent among humans as phrased in a country song, please look up the lyrics to “A boy named Sue” Or watch/listen to Johnny Cash sing it here.

Australia 147

Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book! It is also one of the photographs by author Jon Dunn that appears in the book itself. One of Dunn’s biggest challenges in writing this book, I imagine, was describing the objects of his passion.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2018

And, he literally wrote the book(s) on California birds. People often think of human caused climate change as something that has happened over recent years, or the last couple of decades. But human effects on the climate are much older than that. Now, it accounts for more than all of it (humans cause both warming and cooling).

2018 101

2018 Science Humane Species 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

The temptation is even stronger for popularizers, who have to condense and choose a focus that will appeal to the book-buying public. After all, the behaviors we know as “morals&# do make it much easier to live in the groups we humans find ourselves in, and have been forced to adapt as the kinds of groups we live in change.

Morals 113

Morals Animal Humane Research 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book. To pre-order your copy, visit the site I have set up to promote the book.

Eagles 191

Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 191

Critter News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

HSUS’ latest public relations gimmick is part of a larger attempt by the very animal control officers responsible for this neglect and abuse to reform their image from one of “dog catcher” to “humane law enforcement.” Nathan Winograd is an advocate for no-kill shelters (and is the author of several books on the subject).

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Shelters HSUS No Kill Shelter Neglecting 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The population is not directly dependent on human support. A publication, ideally in a peer-reviewed journal or book, describes, how, when, and where the above seven criteria have been met. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species.

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Miami Parrots Research Birds 139

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow.

Feral Cats 217

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 217

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This is the birding adventure book supreme. Gooddie gets the book off to a quick start by describing his love affair with pittas (“the ultimate forest prize”), and detailing his decision to give up a good career as sales director of an audio manufacturing company (“my life was out of whack”). (He And leeches.

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Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. The book, like the opening scene, is a deft combination of her personal observations of birds most of us rarely see, in a wild place very few people have visited, and of the natural histories of these birds. Do I need to say anything more? And, this was badly needed.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin!

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Apparently, some bird photographers think that any human artifacts shown on a bird photo immediately spoil the whole photo. In providing this information, they quote extensively from an ornithology book that was published 3 years before I was born (and I am not a young man). This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

China 239

China Birds Pythons Eagles 239

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

Otherwise you'd create a word document on your computer and enter your posts in that instead of on a platform designed for anyone in the world who has access to the Internet to see. Films, blogs, books, e-zines, sanctuaries, protests, promotion of adoption (of humans and nonhumans!).

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Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The painting above is by 17th-century Flemish artist Roelant Savery.

Solomon Islands 278

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278

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 147

Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

For me, it’s one of the most exciting days of the year, and so I’m going to put aside the book review I’ve been crafting and talk about my favorite, best, top ten birds of 2018 (with a personal addition at the end). In September, Abigail Ruth, a small human, was born and I became a grandmother.

2018 164

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 164

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.

Woodpeckers 250

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

This is what wikipedia has to say about Stoke’s Sea Snake: “Although aggressive with a venomous bite, there are no reported human fatalities attributed to Stokes’ seasnake.&# Broome Accommodation Mar 7th, 2011 at 7:50 pm A great post, thanks Clare, always great to see some of our local critters being documented.

2011 145

2011 Australia Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

“Spooked” is a bit of a strong word as I was very likely the first human this bird had ever seen and it stuck around for quite a while merely five metres away from me. I decided to go for my very first visual pitta encounter, a Hooded Pitta I spooked next to the trail. Clare went a chose a first for Australia.

2015 188

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 188