10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2011

” But the tanager brand is changing. A wonderful Audubon magazine article on birds’ bills (“ Pecking Order “) notes that individual Great Tits in England experience a change in bill shape between summer and winter as their primary food sources shift. These are neither sparrows, nor finches, but tanagers.

2003 205

2003 Sparrows Family South America 205

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

I first became familiar with the photographs and photo essays of Marie Read through their publication in Living Bird , the Cornell Lab of Ornithology magazine (British-born, Marie lives in the Finger Lakes area). Her photos have appeared in numerous magazines, educational exhibits, calendars, and she has won prestigious photography awards.

Birds 186

Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

” An informative interview with the authors in Birdwatching Magazine expands on this with the explanation that some rarities are included in the main Species Accounts for comparison purposes or because they ran out of space in the back section. Looks exactly the same at first until you notice brand-new images of the kite in flight.

North America 178

North America America 2017 Birds 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

These photographic field guides are lovely to look at and easy to use, providing a variety of tools for species identification. It is Herperia comma, the skipper we call Common Branded Skipper, a smaller orange-brownish skipper with several white spots on its hindwings. I think British and American lepidopterists need to talk more.

Ireland 168

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 168