10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2022

Most of such bird tours are branded “Borneo”, without ever mentioning the name of the country in the name of the tour. With some updates based on subsequent research, “Birds of Malaysia” taxonomically follows the “HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World”.

Malaysia 245

Malaysia Singapore Asia Birds 245

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded. and Antony W.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The first two questions were never definitely answered.

Trinidad 199

Trinidad Birds South America Research 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

It is almost the same map, a bit smaller, but with a double line separating California and Woodhouse’s and the substitution of species names for two of the three group names (Sumichrast’s Group is still a group, now part of Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay). The wonder of research?

North America 185

North America America 2017 Birds 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

Interestingly, Chestnut-collared Longspur does appear under its brand-new official name, Thick-billed Longspur, though the description underneath uses the old name. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page. These are all informative and current.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279