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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

Owls

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins

A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.

Connecticut

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting

Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore.

Burma

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

Dissection

Dissection Birds Research Europe

Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

One proposed explanation by the researchers for this phenomenon is that similar-looking birds reduce their risk of predation, as predators find it more difficult to focus on and isolate a single target. Interested in doing research on the Orange-bellied Leafbird ? malayana had been collected. hardwickii and C.

Burma

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret. 2019), and now this book.

Falcons

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. So, I just sit here, amazed at this book.

Birds

Birds Egypt Family Eagles

Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). The only explanation I have for this unequal treatment is that it must be a witch hunt. If that all sounds a bit too exciting to you, why not look at photos of the Brown Fulvetta ?

Los Angeles

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families.

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The USA’s only truly indigenous parrot was wiped out by a combination of factors, although direct persecution through hunting seems to have been the major contributor. Well-represented exotic families include starlings, ducks and doves and there are also many more individual species that now thrive here.

Miami

Miami Parrots Research Birds

Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

There is a mushroom hunting expedition in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s use of a popular Russian pastime. The guide has been expertly, even lovingly revised, expanded and updated (as the authors’ names indicate, this is largely a family affair). McKnight and Vera B. McKnight published in 1987. Hey, it’s not just us!).

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The archipelago consists of 17,000 islands stretching out over 2500 miles along the Equator with a varied history of avian research and study, most on the under- or not-studied side. Co-author Frank E. Rheindt’s section on Taxonomy and Systematics in the Introduction is must reading for birders who are fascinated by taxonomy.

Indonesia

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

They wrote books and published research. Clearly, members of the birding community and their families–thanked in the opening Acknowledgments section–played a strong role in getting this project done. . An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? It’s a very mixed chapter. More field guides?

New York City

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

You don't find many hunters who candidly and unapologetically say: "I hunt because I like to kill. Hunting wouldn't be the "noble," "manly" "sport" that it is, if these were the reasons for doing it. Hunting wouldn't be the "noble," "manly" "sport" that it is, if these were the reasons for doing it.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

Birds and People: A Book Review

Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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