10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

Among the 23,000 vertebrate specimens collected by the six-year expedition were many birds, but on returning to New York two years later, it became clear that none of their skins sported a feather remotely like the one Chapin had acquired. “But Curious as to the plume’s origins, the American immediately asked if he could keep it.

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2021

” The event was open to everyone , including those not members of the AOS, and it was recorded and placed on the group’s website and on YouTube. As I have previously written about this topic , I virtually “attended” the event. Was there confusion that impacted data collection or research or birding? Did the process work?)

Birds 264

Birds Russia Hawaii Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) will run over the winters of 2023/24 and 2024/25 to collect updated information on the numbers and distributions of these wintering gulls in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. One count I undertake every year is the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count.

Ireland 231

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 231

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There are two thoroughly enjoyable events for bird watchers coming up in the next couple of months. But this event is about the community of people that share a love of birds. For MBS 2011, our co-host the Ohio Ornithological Society , has pledged to match the money raised through the MBS conservation raffle, up to $10,000.

Ohio 162

Ohio 2011 Birds Collecting 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

The genus is Cyanoramphus , and they are sometimes known collectively as the kakariki (literally little kaka). Compared to that of say the Collared Kingfisher , for example, it would hardly raise an eyebrow. Yellow-crowned Parakeet , Cyanoramphus auriceps.

New Zealand 148

New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 148

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

And, because of a special family event (see below), I happened to be in Los Angeles County over the Thanksgiving holiday. Only, we didn’t shoot them and collect specimens at the end of the day.) Century Run, part of the World Series of Birding, a dawn-to-dusk event that I do every year with friends. ” [[link].

2018 167

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In any event, there is no better judge of potent potables in the birding world, no better writer about them, than Tristan Lowery, in his charming and unique “Birds and Booze” essays. Wenfei Tong’s Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds addresses such topics as courtship, mating systems, raising chicks, sex role reversals, and others.

2020 210

2020 Birds North America Italy 210