10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet? I imagine that it’s a product of the authors’ concerns, but I don’t think it contributes to identification skills or knowledge base. Is the bird pictured what the caption says it is?

Ireland 141

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 141

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Family sections start with a brief description of the characteristics shared by the species in the family, followed by a description of the sounds made by those species and how they obtain their song/call knowledge. Woodpeckers, appropriately, get a whole page on drumming and tapping.

North America 163

North America America Birds New York 163

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! I studied it. Sadly, I still did not see the bird.

Ireland 170

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 170