10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

We don’t simply learn that Great Horned Owls sometimes eat fish, we learn that in northeastern California, they eat Tui chub and in Pennsylvania they eat brown bullhead catfish. Each account contains a range map created by Weidensaul, utilizing diverse sources–breeding bird atlases, banding data, research articles. (It

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 222

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They breed in colonies scattered around the Antarctic continent (the number ranges from 60 to 70, and as Kooyman points out, the colonies can drastically change in size from year to year) on the ice (and one of the things I learned from this book is how many different kinds of ice there is in the Antarctic) in the darkest months of winter.

Penguins 156

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 156

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Others, like the petrels and some of the auks, will lay a single egg per breeding attempt. The investment placed in each clutch bur seabirds is so great that only one breeding attempt can be seen to completion each year. They are cavity nesters, breeding in natural cavities or holes dug into the soil.

Eggs 164

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 164

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

The maps are fairly complex, showing breeding range, winter range, year-round range, migration routes, times, and directions. Authors Authors Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch are birders and birding writers and artists (Lee is also a very capable painter of bird images, as evidenced on his website) with roots in southern California.

Los Angeles 210

Los Angeles North America America Species 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

There are many charismatic endangered birds that capture people’s hearts and imaginations: the colossal California Condor , the evocative Red-crowned Crane , and the adorable Spoon-billed Sandpiper come to mind. Brood parasitism from Shiny Cowbird is also a major issue (42% parasitism rate if unmanaged).

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Ecuador California Condor Blackbirds Parrots 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

There is a very distinctive smell found on seabird colonies, where thousands upon thousands of birds come to breed and, coincidentally, deposit large quantities of waste. As well as gulls the islands home large colonies of Brandt’s Cormorants. This is done at night, over three nights, and is quite the operation.

Breeding 181

Breeding Seals Stray Whales 181

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

I would never have believed it, but if the science says so who am I to argue otherwise? Western and Clark’s Grebes Have a Disappointing Season in Northern California – Larry Jordan, The Birder’s Report. Despite their predilection for the watery realm, there are some species of grebes that are long-distance migrants.

Jordan 192

Jordan Guatemala Birds South America 192

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). Examples: California. A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. Connecticut.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The locations ranged from Toronto, Ontario to Pacific Grove, California with most counts in or near the population centers of northeastern North America. Chapman and the enthusiasm of twenty-seven dedicated birders, twenty-five Christmas Bird Counts were held that day.

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North America Birds America South America 122