10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

Identifying White-eyes in Australia is easier than here in China, as the Silvereye is the only family member present in most parts of the country. The bird mostly feeds on nectar … … and only collect sufficient insects to satisfy its protein requirements ( source ).

Australia 147

Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

Families, or in some cases subfamilies, are tied together with brief descriptions of shared family (or subfamily) characteristics: physical, behavioral, sometimes habitat, nocturnal or diurnal flight, and if the species comes to lights. And, the North American Environmental Atlas project documents the locations of these ecoregions.

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Well-represented exotic families include starlings, ducks and doves and there are also many more individual species that now thrive here. The species is recorded in the form of a published photograph or a specimen archived in an ornithological collection.

Miami 133

Miami Parrots Research Birds 133

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

So, Yellow Rail is included (2 dead birds and one live one are documented for the study area), but Ash-throated Flycatcher, a vagrant found in areas nearby as well as in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but not in the study area, is not. . An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? And for good reason.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

But I have been sick with different kinds and forms of cold since the beginning of December with no interruption, and so has my entire family. A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. Okay, I meant to write an entertaining post. I honestly did. Sickening!

Germany 160

Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world. The behavior of the happy Forpus family after they leave the nest is still a relatively unknown subject, and is currently a subject of the Forpus project’s research.

Eggs 268

Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book.

North America 147

North America Sparrows America United States 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

There is also a bit of science thrown in–bird banding, remote sensing, museum collecting–not everything, but enough to give the beginner a taste of the ornithological side of the birding passion. ” (basic points, like bird names, plumage differences); “After the Spark” (birdsong and migration); “Now What?”

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Tags: national wildlife refuge , north america , parks • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Dates of documented sightings are given for review species with five or fewer records and also for exceptional records of nonreview species. The authors note when distribution or abundance has changed due to habitat change or conservation, a nice addition that elevates the book above mere data collection.

Pennsylvania 165

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book!

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. When you look at Clements latest taxonomic spreadsheet, you get a sense of the depth of their relationships to each other and the world. Humans were drawing owls 36,000 years ago, as Ackerman points out!

Owls 209

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us Kokako and Kaka on Kapiti Guano Still Collected in Peru.Or

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As mentioned in many other posts on this blog, the avifauna of Trinidad & Tobago consists of several species and family groups occurring very interestingly, in threes. All of this to say that finally I have documented all three species of nighthawk found in T&T. Well, kind of.

Trinidad 130

Trinidad Bats Falcons Groups 130

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Indochinese Green Magpie is one of four species of green magpie (it used to be only three, but one of the subspecies collected enough frequent flier miles to get an upgrade to full species). Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors.

China 226

China Birds Pythons Eagles 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Recent studies show that many island species went extinct before anyone managed to document their existence. According to his writings, the Cuban Macaw’s behavior was typical of the genus, living in pairs or family parties that kept in contact with loud, raucous calls. The islands of the Caribbean are no exception.

Cuba 244

Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Wrynecks are fascinating because they are woodpeckers, taxonomically and evolutionarily, yet they do not share many behaviors and anatomical features of most members of the Picidae family. But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. They are beautiful, but in a different way.

Woodpeckers 232

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 232

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

He has smartly expanded on his article, giving us more about Lendrum’s boyhood and history with conservationists in southern Africa; falcon hunting and racing in the Middle East; the life of Detective Andy McWilliam, the British wildlife officer who investigated Lendrum; and a brief history of oology, the obsessive hobby of egg collecting.

Falcons 208

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2012

For instance, despite my well-documented personal admiration for them, many people think that Black Skimmers look goofy. No, I point out the Black Skimmers of my collection, perfectly adapted for a purpose most people would never consider: the handbook of domestic eel diseases (in Japanese! Bird first, metaphor second.

Denver 166

Denver Birds 2000 Collecting 166

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. Specimens were collected in 1904, and the bird has not been recorded with certainty since.

Solomon Islands 275

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Illustrations were created using diverse visual and physical source materials–skin collections from Australian museums and a database of over 300,000 photographs (plus, of course, the artists’ years of field experience). Each family group begins with a small box summarizing the characteristics of the family in Australia.

Australia 106

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The following sections on identification, photography, and collection are brief but to the point. Species are arranged by family and genus along taxonomic lines, but not always in accordance with the very latest molecular DNA research. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. First page (p.

Costa Rica 260

Costa Rica North America Family America 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Species Accounts for vagrant species are slightly different, with no Egg and Larva information, and a Status section replacing Population and Conservation, listing documented records of where and when the species was sighted or where it used to breed in Great Britain and Ireland. Fritillaries, always a tricky id, are a good example.

Ireland 172

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

I birded parks, landfills, fields, backyards, skies, oceans, lakes, ponds, and roads in 15 states–some familiar haunts and patches, some as part of family visits, some while passing through, some adventures with friends (three trips with N.J. In the meantime, it’s a good topic for holiday family gatherings. ” [[link].

2018 155

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 155

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

So, we are given the "cull the herd for its own good" defense, or the "cull the herd to prevent automobile accidents" defense, or the "I hunt to put food on my family's table" defense. Dr. Dean Ornish has also documented the heart-protective effects of plant-based diets, as has Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147