10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches). Egg biology, from Part I.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

The largest flying land birds in North America, they appear like folded umbrellas at first, their wing feathers draped blanket-like, enveloping bodies that naturally weigh about 20 pounds at maturity. I guess you’d call it deep-seated reverence for these North American vultures. Their size doesn’t escape you.

California Condor 226

California Condor California Idaho North America 226

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Out of the approximately 26 species of snipes worldwide, two have been recorded on Trinidad. The trouble begins with the recognition of the fact that both species of snipe were formerly part of a single species – Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago ). It toyed with my emotions for many minutes before it eventually flew off.

Trinidad 277

Trinidad Welfare North America Emotional 277

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Let us for once judge a book by its cover, and take a thorough look at a Black-headed Gull in breeding plumage. In the finest tradition of Romanticism, gulls dwell in the mystic world of dark and morbid imagery and emotions, which is expressed in often eroticized ways of aesthetic self-dramatization*. Gulls move in mysterious ways.

2011 173

2011 Birds Deer Europe 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

However, I spent the last few days of the year on the posh island of Sylt in Germany’s far north, my first visit to the North Sea propper since 1989. I therefore finished the year on a high note, seeing quite a few species I scarcely got to see during the previous years. 1, my best bird of the year… 10.

2016 102

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 102