10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

Some individuals travel 25,000 miles per year from their breeding grounds on the tundra to wintering grounds near the bottom of the world and back. The four Pluvialis plovers are sometimes called “tundra plovers” because of their breeding range.

Family 187

Family 2007 Iceland Louisiana 187

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Though these plovers are common on the North Norfolk coast, their nearest breeding grounds are far to the north. A few do breed in Europe, on the extreme north-east of European Russia. The latter is half the size of the Grey, but with its stout beak and prominent eyes shows a distinct family likeness. A Ringed Plover.

Geese 183

Geese Russia Breeding Unwanted 183

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. A larophile is a gull enthusiast, taken from the genus name Larus and/or the family name Laridae.

North America 200

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 200

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Didn’t every household have a copy of a Peterson Field Guide on the shelf, maybe a third or fourth edition that family members grew up with, which they could quickly consult to see the arrow pointing to that belly band? .” I was puzzled by what seemed like a universal lack of knowledge about hawks and falcons.

North America 226

North America America 2020 Hawaii 226

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

So, yes, Thayer’s Gull is in the book, but the reader is cautioned that the gull with be lumped with Iceland Gull “in the near future.” Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. ” It’s a tough, fast-changing taxonomic world out there! .

North America 183

North America America 2017 Birds 183

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. The way Harrison explains it, its current “lump” with Iceland Gull is not satisfactory; he follows Malling Olsen (Danish field ornithologist and gull guide author) in keeping it as a full species “pending further study” (p.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This totally crazy bird is the crème de la crème of the cracid family, and besides being endangered (population estimated at under 2,500), its habitat choice of cloudforests on the steep slopes of a few volcanoes and mountains in southern Mexico and south-western Guatemala makes it a tough bird to seek. Secondly, well just look at it.

2012 147

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 147