10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 145

New York City New York Birds Breeding 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

Quinta do Casal Branco has been in the family of winemaker José Lobo de Vasconcelos for over two centuries, since 1775. The first half of the estate Lobo e Falcão (“Wolf and Falcon”) label is clearly a tribute to the family’s lupine surname, but whence comes the falcon?

2016 125

2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 125

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. Like most maps, colors are used to indicate seasonal status (breeding resident, Austral migrant/visitor, Boreal migrant, etc.). Distribution maps are also different from other field guides.

Bolivia 167

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

. … Nest dismantling by the Hair-crested Drongo may be an adaptive behavior to increase fitness by reducing risk of future predation and competition for nest sites in the following breeding season” ( source ). The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here. ” ( source ).

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

My friend Ian had purchased Richard ffrench’s classic A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago just before we left, the third edition, hot off the presses. For some reason, Yale University Press discontinued its arrangement with Helms, so there is no United States edition. The bird guide question was a conundrum.

Trinidad 188

Trinidad Birds South America Research 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

The Species Accounts tell us the birds’ stories, and a lot of information is packed into these paragraphs: appearance; age and gender differences in appearance; how the species differs from similar birds; interesting behavior or nesting notes; whether it is common or uncommon or rare; migratory or resident, breeding or nonbreeding in Kruger N.P.;

Ecuador 164

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 164

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And, sometimes, I use chip notes to try to lure a bird in, using just a couple of notes and only if I was sure it would not be interfering with a breeding bird or other birder’s enjoyment. After all, I don’t want to bring down the wrath of the number one birder in the world.

New York 172

New York Battery Hawaii United States 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. In 1951, there were 18 breeding pairs of cahows discovered on three tiny islands. She uses both sources well.

Birds 164

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 164

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Well-represented exotic families include starlings, ducks and doves and there are also many more individual species that now thrive here. Some uncountable species, like Mitred Parakeets , are in fact way more numerous than some of the countable species and they are clearly breeding in well-established populations.

Miami 130

Miami Parrots Research Birds 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Range and Geographic Variation.

North America 141

North America Sparrows America United States 141

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

The binding also appears to be strong; I’m able to open to Prairie Falcon in Colorado , pressing open the pages so they lie flat, without fear that I will crack the spine. (It’s Species Accounts in both titles are arranged loosely in ABA Checklist order, with some flipping around of order within each family.

Colorado 227

Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation.

Florida 182

Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Introduction.

Guinea 260

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 260

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

The boys knew what Owls looked like, they saw Screech Owls (and Barred and Great Horned Owls) at a local wildlife park, and we photographed Burrowing Owl families every year at Brian Piccolo Park. I have decided that the bird is an Alpine Chough, a red-billed blackbird that breeds in the Swiss Alps. Candlewick Press, 1992.

Birds 204

Birds Owls Switzerland Lions 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The latest press release from the USFWS. What this press release doesn’t mention about the amount of money pumped into the economy by the National Wildlife Refuge System, as stated in the Banking on Nature Report, about 72 percent of total expenditures are generated by non-consumptive activities on refuges!

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?

America 211

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 211

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press. 560pages, 6.3

Ireland 140

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. A bit risqué, all of it, and something to think about next time you watch a thrasher, well, thrashing. Thanks for visiting!

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The goal of Around the World For Penguins is simple: Describe the 18 species of penguin and their breeding grounds “from the perspective of a traveller.” But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S.

Penguins 277

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 277

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Page 53, Illustration by Margaret La Farge, used by permission of Princeton University Press, [link]. The seasonal life of one bird species is complex; life cycle events like aging, breeding, molt, and migration are intricately tied to habitat, food availability, genetic ‘instincts,’ hours of daylight, and weather.

Research 164

Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 164

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. The chapters on courtship and breeding and roosting and migration are the longest, which isn’t surprising. They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them.

Owls 199

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2021

of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. Within a total of 301 tightly-packed but well organised plates, illustrated are all male breeding plumages, as well as females – where significantly different. The author’s decision was the IOC list, version 8.2 Subspecies are not included.

Birds 235

Birds Botswana Africa Ecuador 235

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. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

2020 262

2020 Birds Groups North America 262

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” Generally, this is not a bird getting a lot of good press. Breeding pairs form exclusive social bonds, yet each partner will still mate with other individuals.”

Birds 216

Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 216

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.

California 211

California Eggs Gophers Rattlesnake 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. Journal of Ornithology 137 (1): 35-51 N. Davies et al.

2011 202

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 202

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 192

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 192

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The guide covers 747 breeding residents or regular migrants, 29 introduced species, and 160 vagrants, a total of 936 species. Within each group, birds in the same family are grouped together and birds in the same genus “usually occur consecutively.” So, there are two basic sections–marine and freshwater birds (pp.

Australia 105

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 105

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

But, as with many avian families, the more you look, the more complicated it gets. This section also includes range maps, indicating range by breeding season, wintering season, and residence year-round. Princeton University Press, March 2016. So much simpler than pinning down those warblers! And, that thing called plumage.

North America 141

North America Asia Europe America 141

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I haven’t done any surveys, but I would bet my binoculars that images and stories of hawks attract more attention and adoration from birders and the average person on the street than any other bird family. Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. Princeton University Press, 2013.

North America 203

North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 203

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The material on habitat tells us that sometimes looking for odonates in the tropics means thinking outside the North American box: Bromeliads and water-holding tree holes are breeding locations for certain species, including Blue-winged Helicopter. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. First page (p.

Costa Rica 255

Costa Rica North America Family America 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

The book is produced by WILDGuides, a nonprofit publishing organization that joined forces with Princeton University Press last year to create the Princeton WILDGuides imprint. Sections on Behaviour, Breeding Habitat, and Population and Conservation offer brief but specific information. I’m going to look at Britain’s Dragonflies first.

Ireland 168

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 168

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

publisher and distributer, Princeton University Press. Masked Lapwing is a very easy bird to identify, so there is a question about how the Compact Guide works in the field when trying to identify trickier birds, like Honeyeaters, a family totally new to many North American birders. Press, hardcover, 256 pages, 4.75

Australia 227

Australia Birds 2017 Groups 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Congratulations to them and many thanks to the many, many participants of each phase of this fun, fun, fun giveaway as well as Richard Crossley and our friends at Princeton University Press ! As always, thank you for caring, and for writing.

2011 239

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. Other families are more complicated and these introductory sections are correspondingly longer and amazingly more detailed. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. Seabirds: The New Identification Guide is an identification guide to seabirds of the world, all of them.

Albatross 278

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. From a press release about that research: >Common Loons (Gavia immer) nest on lakes across Canada and the northern U.S., Sometimes that one reaches adulthood, but just as often it disappears.

Humane 200

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I knew I would not be seeing the bird in its rosy-breasted breeding plumage, but somehow seeing the bird in all its forms helped crystallize its appearance in my head. or birds that look very different in their breeding and non-breeding plumages (Shorebirds! Crossley Books/Princeton University Press, 2013. I studied it.

Ireland 170

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 170