10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The species is recorded in the form of a published photograph or a specimen archived in an ornithological collection. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species. There has to a logical reason. Red-whiskered Bulbuls can be as tough to find as Hill Mynahs. I suspect that it is just this.

Miami 135

Miami Parrots Research Birds 135

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

Moth plates from Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America (left plate) and Southeastern North America (two right plates). The guides are organized taxonomically and laid out in the traditional Peterson manner—illustrations on the right, text of the left. Moths are more than bird food. Let that sink in.

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to Patty at Animal Rights-Do Whatever is Necessary for reposting this list of 40 ways to help lab animals. Collect the Numbers As an advocate for animals, you never know when you’re going to find yourself engaged in a discussion with someone about animal research issues. I especially like these suggestions. Get FOIAed Up!

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world. The eyes are still not developed enough to open, and the feet are just strong enough to help right a toppled chick. A pair of Green-rumped Parrotlets It all starts when a pair of parrotlets get that glint in their eyes.

Eggs 268

Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

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. That’s right – birds eating clay. Wicked, right? Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When you bird afar and wander wide, you carry a field guide to the birds of the region you are exploring, a pair of binoculars, likely a camera, perhaps a spotting scope and a tripod too, plus clothing, medicines, toiletries, electronics, money and documents… Did you notice the missing item? Christoph Schwitzer & Wes Sechrest Weight 0.4

Madagascar 245

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 245

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. Wicked, right? If you are a North American birder, you should make your voice heard. Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

All of this to say that finally I have documented all three species of nighthawk found in T&T. For my selfish purposes of collecting threes, I’m not including this mystery here. Well, kind of.

Trinidad 130

Trinidad Bats Falcons Groups 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

There is a photo of him caring for a White-chinned Sapphire in the book, the only human pictured in Dunn’s 16-page collection of hummingbird photographs, and it is inspiring. He sat…his crown giving searing shafts of violet as the light caught the feathers at just the right angle. Jonas D’Abronzo.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The Guan had never been seen in the wild after Polish Naturalist Wladyslaw Taczanowski collected one individual in 1876. Nineteenth and early twentieth century naturalists collected birds on long and arduous exploratory expeditions in the New World. A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection.

Collecting 269

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 269

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Recent studies show that many island species went extinct before anyone managed to document their existence. In fact, Juan Gundlach collected a number of birds from the a flock that regularly came to feed in a group of trees at the town of Zarabanda just outside the modern day boundaries of Cienaga de Zapata National Park.

Cuba 247

Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 247

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

Think of your favorite horror film: A brutal ruthless killer is on the loose, slashing hapless innocent victims to death right and left. you might wonder how it is that Cavel has been able to brutally slaughter horses for human consumption right here in the U.S. Illinoisans breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Horse Slaughter 40

Horse Slaughter Slaughter Slaughtered Horses 40

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

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 212

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 212

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. In addition to the illustrations, the book is well-designed with a very readable font, section headings in a brown font (sort of Wryneck plumage brown), and chapter names on the upper right-hand page. I somehow knew right away that the bird I saw was a Wryneck.

Woodpeckers 237

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 237

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The bird today is documented physically by only a single specimen (a second was lost), but where the specimens were collected — and therefore where this species actually lived before its extinction — is unknown. Specimens were collected in 1904, and the bird has not been recorded with certainty since. What a horror!

Solomon Islands 276

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 276

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). Species are separated by thin but visible lines. And, there are many.

Australia 107

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 107

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. What a horror!

Species 175

Species Australia Birds Parrots 175

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.

Ireland 174

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 174