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10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
The species name “tukki” is not derived from a beloved but now extinct Eastern European car brand but from the Sumatran word for woodpecker. The HBW entry for the Downy Woodpecker (Reno, USA) illustrates a common phenomenon – apparently, the more a species is known, the more subjects for further research pop up.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
These run the range from birds like Barnacle Goose and Little Egret, which are rare but do show up in North America every few years (actually, lately it’s been every year) to birds whose sightings in North America are so few that they’re legendary–Western Reef-Heron and Corn Crake are two examples. This is not unusual.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2015
Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
More examples, shown in the book and online (just search for ‘hats’ and ‘egrets’ and you’ll find articles from NPR , the Smithsonian , and Audubon ), show delicate to huge creations adorned, sometimes overwhelmed with plumes, colorful teased feathers, and even the actual bodies of birds.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. ffrench’s descriptions are delightfully uneven, reflecting his personal experiences with the birds, his research, and his personality.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
As the one example given in the book shows, John painted with broad, rough strokes. This may be before the Fairy-Wrens developed the ability to detect Cuckoo young in the nest, an ability recently described by ornithologists, or this family may be one of the 60% who don’t detect Cuckoo chicks. and died 15 August 1841.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. Each family chapter begins with a brief, bold-printed description of the common traits of the species in the family and an enumeration of the number of species worldwide and the number of species in North America.
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