10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. The inside front covers are the start of four-page pictorial guides to bird families/groups and the pages where they can be found, a quick, easy entry to the identification process (see image above).

Costa Rica 223

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 223

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. In my experience, parrots form a visibly and numerically important component of the Brazilian bird fauna.

Parrots 168

Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. There is also a great deal of biological and ecological information encapsulated within De Roy’s experiences. Some are cute, some are dignified (and royal!).

Penguins 205

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 205