Breeding California Hawaii Research 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. The rest of Mexico is not included, nor is Hawaii (which isn’t in North America, after all, but has been accepted as part of the American Birding Association area). GUIDE COVERAGE.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2012
Aplomado Falcon ( Falco femoralis ) by Jon David Nelson Shakeups for shearwaters and murrelets Xantus’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ) has been split into California-breeding Scripps’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus scrippsi ) and Baja-breeding Guadalupe Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
So, while waiting for evolution to produce new birds for our life lists is inadvisable, we sometimes catch a break and every few years get a new species or two when some genetic research or study of breeding distribution presents enough evidence to split what was once considered a single species into a few new ones.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2022
A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D. Interestingly, in her work, the researcher found that the birds live in small groups dominated by a single male.
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