10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
The coastal subspecies of California Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila californica californica ) can be found in sage scrub that was once abundant from Ventura County to northern Baja California. Because the coastal California Gnatcatcher lives on such valuable land, its “threatened” status creates economic conflicts. But its U.S.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
It’s a masterful example of how scientific illustration can inform and be enjoyable to look at, and I’d love to have these plates in mini card form to carry around with me when I visit California. He is a co-illustrator of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East (1996) and has illustrated many other magazines and articles.
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Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
All that the rights view prohibits is science that violates individual rights. Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 388 [first edition published in 1983]) The rights view merely requires moral consistency in this regard. (
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2013
Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. David Bell is doing a Los Angeles County, California, Big Year this year and, according to eBird, had already hit 156 species as of 8 January.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
My impression is that most young birders are eBirders, a trend that will surely continue due to its convenience, accessibility, and contribution to science. For example, a recent appearance of a Red-flanked Bluetail at UCLA was quickly posted to the California listserv, eBird, and other places.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2020
Here are three recent titles, one for the parents of very young children, one for primary school children and their parents, and one for residents of a specific geographic area–Los Angeles County. Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles. © Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2023
Authors Authors Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch are birders and birding writers and artists (Lee is also a very capable painter of bird images, as evidenced on his website) with roots in southern California. Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston.
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