10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. In some cases, for example Jabiru, the information is tucked away at the end and can’t even be discerned from the range map. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read. Take Hawaii, for example. The population of Millerbirds on Laysan has doubled , and breeding seems to be going well. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

Cambodia 143

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 143

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2012

Pied Oystercatchers nest along our coastline from late June and they will continue to attempt to raise chicks over the following months. You often come across these scenarios accidentally and many people probably have no idea why they are getting abused by an adult bird!

Eggs 207

Eggs Raised Birds Breeding 207

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. How can we say that magic is a farce when the May blossoms are backdropping bright, breeding plumaged Canadas , Magnolias , Chestnut-sideds , chocolate Bay-breasteds , and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ?

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2016 2001 Battery 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 9, 2012

Smaller breeds can live comfortably in an apartment but larger dogs need lots of space and preferably a back yard. So for example, if you had cat allergies when you were younger so you opted for a dog instead, that doesn’t mean that you’ll never grow an allergy to dogs—especially if you haven’t been around dogs for several years.

Adoptable 100

Adoptable Dogs Puppy Mills Pit Bulls 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some people love books like that. Information is often highly detailed. And another when that egg is removed.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I found it interesting, for example, to learn that t**s movements differ from warblers, that they “have a bolder, more stop-start or leaping progress through trees or across spaces.”. The chapters, however, offer very good introductions to each bird group. The latter will be useful, I think, to novices and visitors to Great Britain.

Ireland 141

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 141

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We were in the remote Amazonian forests and not a sound was to be heard except for the rhythmical dripping of water from the raised paddles. For example nothing is known of its breeding habits, any accounts of its diet (it is assumed to feed on insects and other arthropods), ways of foraging and movement (presumed resident) are wanting.

Solomon Islands 209

Solomon Islands Ecuador Colombia Brazil 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. The song of the Amazonian Antshrike, for example, is “an even pitched, fast (9-11 noes/sec), slightly accelerating series of hollow, popping notes that get louder; occ.

Bolivia 169

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

Delaware 177

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 177

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Gazing at Cathy Conheim, a psychotherapist raised to hate cats because they ate birds, and Donna Brooks, a retired physician and sculptor who had never had a cat, but always reached out to heal anyone who was hurting, the kitten eyed them hopefully. Like the Just Me Project, Henry’s girlfriend Tink has defied expectations.

San Diego 100

San Diego Kittens Emotional Cats 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2021

For example, the panel (see below) included three members of the pro-change Bird Names for Birds group (more representation than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , the National Audubon Society , and the U.S. For example, Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame, has been honored with the names of multiple U.S.

Birds 264

Birds Russia Hawaii Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Counting the Birds I was in my teens when I undertook my first bird-survey: it was field work for the British Trust for Ornithology’s The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. I didn’t, for example, see a single Fieldfare anywhere.

Ireland 211

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 211

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) Director Gen.

China 220

China Birds Pythons Eagles 220

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. We’ve all seen guilty dogs slinking away with lowered tails, for example. Foxes that slunk back in fear and snapped their teeth didn’t get to breed. Ones that came up to the scientists did.

Wolves 100

Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Here are a few examples: The Ostrich Communal Nesting System. It looked like a family of parrots were trying to kill each other” The Black-backed Puffback has what eBird describes as “a fiery red eye” eBird also explains the name: “When excited, males can raise fluffy white feathers on the rump to resemble a puffball.”

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For example , fallen figs do not seem to mind catching a ride with Oriental Pied Hornbills. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. There are some reports of the species having bred in captivity, for example, in a British Wild Life Park.

Rhinoceros 125

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125

Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

The last example suggests the difficulty of making a clear distinction between an animal part and an animal product. For example, if one could pick up shed animal legs in a pasture in which animals roam freely among their own kind, there might be no moral objection to eating the legs. What Is an Animal Part? KBJ: Ditto.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Suffering Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

James Wakelin is prime example of modern ornithologist and conservator. This bird breeds in the forests of the Transkei area and is only a winter visitor to KwaZulu-Natal. In 1964, Clancey’s “Birds of Natal and Zululand” raised the total to 590. Hugh was recently awarded an honorary doctorate for his contribution to ornithology.

Mozambique 184

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 184

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Many of these (like Plumbeous Kites and Swallow Tanagers ) are here to breed, and they do so alongside a host of resident species. I was saddened when I saw a White-lined Tanager feeding a Shiny Cowbird , but felt relieved a few weeks later when I saw her raising young of her own species. Hook-billed Kite.

Birds 231

Birds Falcons Raised Species 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

Owls 203

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Consider some of the victories: On November 5th, 2002, more than two and a half million Floridians voted "Yes" on Amendment 10 to amend the state constitution and prohibit the use of gestation crates , narrow metal cages where breeding pigs are kept for most of their lives. The full text of the amendment is available here.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

2011 205

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 205

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fortunately, the very abundant 2018 rains raised the water level to heights I had never seen, and so far, that seems to be making up for this year’s poor rains. Oddly, I saw no Snowy Plovers, even though these apparently breed by the lakeshore. The west half of the lake is never more than a few feet deep.

Ducks 131

Ducks 2018 Pelicans Europe 131

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. So why do it?

Eggs 164

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Their remarkable survival skills, evolved over thousands of years, rely on a chain of stopover feeding grounds and habitats for breeding and raising young – but break any one link and the survival of the entire species is threatened. Climate change is the biggest threat to migratory birds this century.

Maryland 217

Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

So, curious about which birds nest in two places, I quickly found out that it’s Phainopepla, a western bird, a relief because I was concerned that it might have implications for my data collection for the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. A good example is the function of beauty in male birds. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

2020 263

2020 Birds Groups North America 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Each Species Account includes one to three drawings of the bird, a range map, common and scientific names, and a one to three sentence description of the bird, which may or may not include its migratory and breeding habits, feeding behavior, plumage, habitat, and demographic status—whatever helps identify the bird quickly.

North America 163

North America America Birds New York 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Three helpful sections precede the Introduction: Photo and silhouette comparisons of gulls that breed in North America (see illustration above), Basic Anatomical Terms illustrated with four diagrams, and a very selective Glossary. The top Herring Gull page, for examples, balances two horizontal photo series.

North America 195

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. I raised 4 of the cranes shot this year– chicks that still had much of their brown plumage.

2011 240

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

For example, a feeding flock in a small suburban hardwood hammock such as at A.D. Rarities such as Blue-winged Warbler , Hooded Warbler , and Nashville Warbler have all been recorded multiple times, and these records raise a lot of questions as to which species spend the winter regularly in the comparatively underbirded Caribbean islands.

Florida 158

Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 158

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

This week at 10,000 Birds, it’s all about how birds get around to bumping uglies (I’m talking about cloacas here), who they do it with, and how this actually leads to raising chicks…the birds and the bees of birds, you might say. Believe it or not, this is what “fidelity” looks like.

Albatross 188

Albatross Birds Lifestyle Raised 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

In 1987, only 27 were left in the wild and drastic action was taken to save the species: all remaining birds were captured, the California Condor was declared extinct in the wild, and a captive breeding program was begun, initially carried out by the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo.

California Condor 103

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 103

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

I would encourage the KDFW to take Tennessee’s example as an indication that offering sandhill cranes for hunting will create far more public relations trouble than it’s worth. Ohio has tracked two families of their state-endangered breeding sandhill cranes and found them to have wintered over in Tennessee in 2010.

2011 241

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 241

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The chapter on Martha, for example, just shows a close-up of her stuff body–not the whole body, the torso and tail–against an almost-black background. Or the destruction of the forests, food source and breeding grounds. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

2014 159

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

It is at the breeding season, however, that the Western Gull accomplishes real mischief. While he effects a passable truce with his own kind at that season, it is that he may the better combine with his fellows and terrorize all other breeding sea-birds.” Did I say firm? I meant squishy. Warm, damp and squishy.

Breeding 174

Breeding Collecting California Hunting 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2012

We all get a kick from seeing a fine example of a male bird, adorned in his breeding finery, singing his own praises from on high, but spare a thought for the reserved and retiring birds for whom such self-promotion and self-adulation would be inconceivable.

New York 184

New York Game Birds Raised 184