10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2021
Sorry about this perch; these Mud Turtles are taking the sun on a discarded Mexican-made General Popo-brand tire. I saw 57 species in the area, which is pretty good for the church neighborhood. Three species especially stood out. But this year, the map of Mexico is a sea of purple (the color they use to indicate a sighting).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
I didn’t realize how many new species I would see within the city itself! It’s a strange experience looking up from a city street to gaze at birds native to South America; even more ironic considering humans drove the only native parrot/parakeet species, the Carolina Parakeet , to extinction.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
Pough “with illustrations in color of every species” by Don Eckelberry, Doubleday, 1946. The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. The press material says it covers over 800 species, so you know I had to do a count.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2020
A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North America was published in 1934 by Houghton Mifflin (note–Peterson was 26 years old), after being rejected by four publishers. Adding the 76 new species in the Hawaii section, this makes coverage of approximately 884 species.
10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2011
Our first shopping trip when we arrived in Florida was to buy a field guide and that afternoon we thought we had a soft drink can sitting on a fence-you know the brand-no, it’s not that…it’s a cardinal! Read about them here but also get out and experience them.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2018
Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Reintroduction efforts expanded to Arizona in 1996, and later, to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2016
On her return, she was able to bundle up and bring with her, a brand new Nikon lens. I am always very excited to catch up with a Mangrove Warbler … I just hope someday it will become a species all by it’s self. She was visiting Seattle, for her Dad’s successful heart surgery. This makes them a very difficult meal!
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