10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

Falcons 224

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 224

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

This is similar to the fact that all birds, even first time breeders within a species build identical nests. According to these researchers, only the exceptionally intelligent herons acquire the skill of bait fishing. It may take just being at the right place at the right time. At least this is how it might have started.

Fish 163

Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2016

We have to figure out when the highest numbers of migrants coincide with resident breeders to increase the probabilities of breaking the previous record, or to at least hit your Big Day birding goal. However, it also has to give a reasonable chance at identifying all of those birds and that means enough time in the right spots.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Birds Species 100