10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

She explains complex and sometimes controversial topics including captive breeding, environmental toxins, feral cats and other invasive predators, Hawaiian avian extinction, avian disease, California Condor distribution and history, legal loopholes, and lead poisoning. Author Sophie A. Osborn, photo by Lisa Koitzsch, © Sophie A.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

One management tool used by FWS is reintroduction of an endangered species into its former range. It is a collaboration of Rogue and the Oregon Zoo , one of a handful of condor breeding facilities in the United States ( review here ). But this potential population of California Condors will be a “nonessential experimental” group.

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California Condor California Endangered Species Oregon 216

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2013

Three of those — the Black-chinned , Calliope , and Rufous Hummingbirds — breed in the Missoula area. That is, in extremely precise mathematical terms, three times more species of hummingbirds than breed near the Olde Homestead. It breeds into Alaska. I’m not mad at you, Calliope Hummingbird.

Montana 202

Montana Alaska Stray New York 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2022

Mosco understands that there’s a wall of reasons why people hate Rock Pigeons and proceeds to dismantle them one by one using a powerful tool–information.

2018 208

2018 New York City Birds Abandon 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The guide covers over 650 species, most of the breeding birds in the United States (minus Hawaii) and Canada (like most guides with ‘North America’ in its title, it does not include Mexico or the Caribbean). Acorn Woodpeckers use both communal and cooperative breeding strategies which vary widely among family groups.

Eggs 222

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

Breeding range map by David Toews/Cornell Lab). The moral of the story: As our knowledge of genetics grows, and this tool becomes more accessible to more researchers, things we think we know about birds may change. For now, don’t worry about reworking your checklists.

Guatemala 104

Guatemala Research Morals Science 104

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The book is packed full of different breeds to delight any dog lover. There is a list of all the tools and supplies that you will need to make cute dogs. Felt Dogs is an adorable craft book that teaches you how to make little dogs from felt. The book teaches a technique called needle felting.

Dogs 100

Dogs Pets Breeding Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2017

Only a little for Ezra, whose suffering was quickly ended, and certainly not for Red-tailed Hawks as a whole – the species is numerous, widespread, adaptable, and not in a position to be devastated by the loss of a single breeding individual.

Feral Cats 106

Feral Cats Suffering Montana 2006 106

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. Over time, it’s these physiological changes that can disrupt animals’ breeding or rearing habits.

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Birds Protection Idaho Bears 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

and it breeds in the scrublands of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico. Moreover, management to control parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird has improved vireo breeding success. And the expansion of prescribed fire as a wildlife management tool has improved and maintained breeding habitat.

Endangered Species 124

Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 124

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

And this is often a great tool for identifying a young bird in the field. But a fundamental difference between eye color in birds and humans is that for quite a number of birds, eye color actually changes according to the breeding season. It could advertise sex during the breeding season.

Birds 254

Birds Humane Breeding Pelicans 254

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Their potential role as tools used during the courtship displays of Broad-billed Rollers is also discussed.”

South Africa 147

South Africa Niger Birds Mice 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

All sorts of tools are needed in this work, from highly technical reports to novels and popular nonfiction, and from localized accounts to vast overviews.

Netherlands 158

Netherlands Birds Buffalo Science 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

As it turns out, a useful tool for the amateur phenologist is a dog. Black-capped Chickadees , Song Sparrows , and Dark-eyed Juncos start testing their breeding songs as well, though they have a longer wait before things get serious. Day by day, noting the subtle undramatic changes in a small, defined landscape.

Bald Eagle 156

Bald Eagle Montana Owls Dogs 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

We hypothesized that trends in waterfowl hunter numbers, as indicated by Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) sales, have become independent of breeding duck populations, and we assess the impacts on habitat conservation. 4 0.81) and 1995–2008 (r 1?4

Ducks 207

Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 207

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

And so, I turn to Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts for the Field , the new book by George L. Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan. Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts for the Field. Maybe this is the year I should simply resolve to be a better birder. Armistead and Brian L.

Birds 189

Birds Groups 2015 North America 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

I understand that this is a complicated undertaking, but a new birder reading this book would have no idea that Bushtits (#92: “Breeding System: ‘It’s Complicated'”) are only found in Western states. He received a B.A. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University and a Ph.D.

Birds 114

Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Stemming from Richardson’s decades-long programme of population-mapping on the island, maps in BOC show status (resident, breeding, wintering or passage visitor) but also the region where the species appear and, in case of waterbirds, individual wetlands marked all over the Cyprus map. watercolor, gouache, etc.)

Cyprus 245

Cyprus Saudi Arabia Europe Birds 245

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. CONCLUSION. They are also extraordinarily beautiful yet elusive creatures.

Costa Rica 257

Costa Rica North America Family America 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea. Since all penguins have certain characteristics in common, it is interesting to contemplate which of those features arose first, in the earliest penguins, and which arose later.

Penguins 189

Penguins Seals Peru Science 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Then a little later there was a spot of bother with DDT, but we pulled out of that one ok, with a toolbox that would surely stand us in good stead if we only had the will to use it – legislation and literature, captive breeding programs, nest platforms. We could do it! Then the 80s happened. Or Bachman’s Warbler.

California Condor 194

California Condor United States Guam Whales 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

The park is home to not one, not two, but large three colonies of breeding seabirds: the Brown Noddy , Magnificent Frigatebird , and Sooty Tern. No, that was not a typo, the Sooty Terns fly non-stop for an average of five years before they return to the Dry Tortugas to breed. Lots and lots of birds.

Birds 175

Birds Florida Groups Breeding 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Iconic and amazing Galápagos finches, some of which even learned how to use tools. But joining them now as our understanding grows are a host of small, often plain-colored seed-eating skulkers of high alpine grasslands and dense tropical reedbeds and grasslands. These are neither sparrows, nor finches, but tanagers.

2003 206

2003 Sparrows Family South America 206

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The designers employ graphic design tools of color, font, icon, and photographic illustration to produce pages that both look pleasing to the eye and help the user navigate the book. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. GRAPHIC DESIGN.

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Chapters on taxonomy, distribution, anatomy and morphology, habitat, behavior, breeding, plumage and moult, food and foraging, flight, calls, drumming, and conservation follow. I wouldn’t use it as a tool for determining identification, but I would use it to learn more about species I’ve already identified.

Woodpeckers 236

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 236

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A second quick finding tool is the Visual Index of Bird Families on the inside front and back covers, presenting the 86 chapters in order with bird images, text, and page numbers. The VIBF is a lot friendlier than the Table of Contents, expanding and translating the list’s brief and sometimes scientific terms.

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North America America 2017 Birds 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

These photographic field guides are lovely to look at and easy to use, providing a variety of tools for species identification. It covers 63 odonate species: 44 breeding species (19 damselfly, 25 dragonfly), and, in a second part of the Species Accounts, 19 vagrant, potential vagrant and former breeding species (5 damselfly, 14 dragonfly).

Ireland 169

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

The cover of the book (not of Derek Lovitch) gives you some idea of the tools the better birder needs in the early 21st-century. And one of those tools is Geography. That’s NEXRAD radar map in the left binocular lens and a surface weather map on the right.

New Jersey 229

New Jersey Science United States Birds 229

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. In other words, the images are used in the best possible way as educational tools.

North America 195

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 195

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The page-long entry on Geographic Variation offers descriptions of the five groups, in painstaking detail, differentiating subspecies of each group, articulating differences between males and females within each subspecies, drawing out winter and breeding ranges with the help of Lehman’s maps. Is it worth the shelf space?

North America 177

North America America Birds Family 177

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. by the Mitch Waite Group in order to do this review.

New York 173

New York Battery Hawaii United States 173

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 10, 2009

Often someone buys an expensive purebred animal and then attempts to breed that animal to recoup their money. Choosing a mixed breed animal can help avoid many of the genetic health problems that have developed in purebred animal due over breeding and inbreeding. In fact, nearly a quarter of all animals in shelters are purebred.

Adoptable 100

Adoptable Pets Purebred Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

This is evident in the introductory material, which includes sections on The Origin and Evolution of Borneo’s Birds, Conservation in Action, Vegetation and Bird Life in Borneo, Climate, Rainfall and Bird Breeding Seasons, and Bird Migration. The plates show differing plumages as required by the individual families and species.

Brunei 173

Brunei Birds Asia China 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

The book thus carves out a unique niche amongst hawk identification books, that of an identification tool that teaches as you read, that creates opportunities for interactive learning as a part of the identification and reference process. Very sneaky, Richard! And, quite enjoyable. I just happen not to enjoy anthropomorphic bird essays.

North America 205

North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Besides that, I teach environmental ethics courses for biology students at the university and currently I am working also on an exciting project of producing a simulation game called ecosim (primarily an education tool for students) in which the player has to fulfil conservation tasks in an interactive ecosystem (e.g.

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Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145