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 150

New York City New York Birds Breeding 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway.

Serbia 201

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter). My Wryneck, Fang, Thailand, February 2019; copyright © Donna L.

Woodpeckers 236

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 236

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

Endangered Species 191

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 191

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

Known breeding localities are now limited to only a few of the islands in the Caribbean including the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Antigua/Barbuda. Let’s briefly look at some of the conservation efforts that have helped in reversing the downward trend.

Antigua and Barbuda 223

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 223