10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

Dissection 209

Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”

Delaware 176

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. Plate 97: Andean and partly Andean antshrikes, illustrated by Oscar Tintaya.

Bolivia 168

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

Credits: Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Brazil, by Francesco Veronesi, used under Creative Commons license; Spangled Cotinga by Mathias Appel, Flickr, public domain. This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. There are other questions though, and Johnson patiently teases them out.

Collecting 102

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102