10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. It’s a unique title; twitchers and naturalists interested in migration will find it fascinating reading and valuable for future reference.

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 225

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At the time, Dreher’s family owned the greatest brewing empire in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in the 1830s, young Anton embarked on a “Grand Tour” of sorts befitting a promising young brewery heir.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Considering the ten most recent additions before this March averaged six months apart getting six new species in eight months is mind-blowing. Way back in March we were in the midst of a global pandemic and Queens was the epicenter of the epicenter that was New York City. A new warbler for Queens? Two-for-two!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. As long as we’re dreaming,” wrote Erin in New York, “how about if the transmitter signals are received by our own personal TV sets, and each has its own channel so we can watch what’s going on through their eyes as a live feed?”.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Luisa is currently preparing a show that will open on 10 February 2011 at Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York. The forest should also be present in the show, I thought, so I started collecting wood from young trees in the forest to construct cagelike assemblages where I placed handmade books made with handmade paper.

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Venezuela New York New York City 2008 235

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2015

New York City in July provides limited opportunities for birders to see birds. If you liked these images of House Wrens and want to see more great images of birds (and other creatures) check out 10,000 Clicks , our big (and always growing) collection of gallery posts. You won’t regret it! ….

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Part Two: The Family Live of Selected Species” describes and illustrates the family lives of 49 species in 25 chapters.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. In the back of the book, we find a lengthy section on “Bird Families,” a glossary, an index.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2011

On a recent family trip to Jones Beach, on New York’s Long Island, I had the opportunity to observe a small flock of gulls bathing, resting, and preening in some shallow brackish water that had collected behind the beach. They can also, because of their odd appearance, be difficult to identify.

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New York Collecting Sparrows Experience 181

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 7, 2013

As the only organization in New York City whose doors are open to any animal in need, AC&C rescues thousands of New York’s homeless, neglected, abused and abandoned animals each year. The nonprofit’s goal is to place every dog, cat and bunny in a new, loving home. They are New York’s Kindest.”

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New York City Homelessness Adoptable Adopt Cat 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

I had heard of Roger Tory Peterson, but I didn’t know that he was a New York birder, born in upstate Jamestown in 1908, nor that he had birded the Bronx when he was a young man, a member of NYC Linnaean Society and the fabled Bronx Bird Club. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics.

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North America America Hawaii Birds 208

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

A rundown of my year is below, broken down into the integral parts which, collectively, allowed me to see what I saw. A text message that let me know about a mega-rarity in New York ! New York State’s first Grace’s Warbler. Adding a new shorebird to my Queens list was a big plus as well!

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2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 143

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

That made me wonder why someone would put so much energy into a species that is regular in New York and not a lifer. As of Friday, 11 May, Anthony had already seen 283 species in New York State, a blistering and likely record-setting pace ( Richard Fried is the current record-holder with 352 species seen in 2011 ).

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New York Stray Vermont Marine Life 173

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Ottenby Nature Reserve is run by The Swedish Ornithological Society and visitors can observe researchers collecting data and birds being caught in the mist nest and funnel traps on site. This island is home to roughly 400 wooden windmills that pattern the landscape and Ottenby Nature Reserve and Lighthouse on the southern tip.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

His nature essays are a joy to read, especially for those who, like me, grew up in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York which John Burroughs called home. Hearing and seeing a bluebird bring to his mind the process of tapping trees and boiling the sap collected down to syrup. Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer New York Peru 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In many cases, our waterfowl, gulls, and shorebirds are the same as those overseas – or only slightly different – and there are many other corresponding species in nearly all the shared families. It all seemed too fantastical to be true. Of course, hoopoes do exist, though I’ve yet to see a real one myself.

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2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 117

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Orange-headed Thrush Forest Park Fall Migration Miniature Kind-of-Diabolical Quiz Answers Evil Avian ID Quiz Quick Three-Pic Quiz Bonaparte’s Gulls on the Niagara River About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

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Nicaragua El Salvador 2011 Deer 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

If you liked this post featuring Bufflehead images why not check out 10,000 Clicks , our collection of photo-galleries? Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

Here in New York City, May is a magic time for birders as the migration floodgates open. To celebrate spring migration, I usually review an exciting new bird book. And, to be fair, many field guides don’t list families or other groupings in their Table of Contents; it’s something my librarian mind doesn’t understand.).

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Golf courses, swimming pools, restaurants and a diverse collection of accommodation options. Share Your Thoughts « Lewis’s Woodpecker in New York State Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Far from it.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Many thanks to Jason Kopp for the photos above taken during last year’s courses held at Explorer’s Inn Tags: banding , peru , tambopata • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Guano Still Collected in Peru Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru 2011 Birds Deer 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Duck Stamp) for wildlife observers (81 votes, 12 comments) Create a photography permit allowing regulated off-trail access to refuges (80 votes, 15 comments) Christmas Bird Count for Kids – A half day free family event with partners @ all USFG visitor centers (46 votes, 5 comments) Establish partnership(s) with national birding conservation orgs.

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

I know you can bird in dark in New York and Newcastle, Weyburn and Walla Walla. But I’m not talking about owling, or listening for rails, or even pointing a microphone skyward to collect flight calls of migrants. In the last couple of weeks I’ve seen over 20 new species.

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Bald Eagle Breeding Raised Whales 171

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

It is not a handbook, though it approaches species from a collective viewpoint. Like other books that have published lately (the Crossley Guides, by one of Karlson’s The Shorebird Guide co-authors, come immediately to mind), it aims to provide an alternative, maybe new, way of thinking about bird identification.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Eggbert side notes that the most famous bird in New York City is not a falcon, it is a Red-tailed Hawk named Pale Male. Roth and Cindy Trumbore.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 233

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

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. This photograph of a family working on feathers while the father looks on is from the National Child Labor Committee Photograph series taken by Lewis Hine. side, the writings of New York City reformer Mary Van Kleeck.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 119

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

According to Corey Finger (author of the soon-to-be-published ABA Field Guide to Birds of New York , and we’re all very excited about it), selection of species is one of the more challenging parts of writing an ABA field guide and I was happy to see my favorite Pennsylvania bird, Henslow’s Sparrow amongst the 15 sparrow species covered here.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

As Watson has put it in the Chapter 1, “while the focus of this book is on families of African birds, there are a few individual species that have somehow come to epitomise Africa, even though they have relatives elsewhere, and commentaries on these appear too. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.

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Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. They are the city’s latest, maybe only, celebrity media sensation, and photographs show crowds of New Yorkers craning their necks up as far as their masks allow, holding phones at arm’s length, using opera glasses and huge binoculars that remind me of the ones my dad used at the racetrack.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

By the way, the Queens Zoo has a very nice collection of ducks that are certainly not countable for a birder’s life list but are useful in terns of studying and learning field marks. Mallard Complexity About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

I was concerned and horrified that this happened in my city and astonished when this seemingly local story became national then international news. A description of the parenting habits of Emperor Penguins begins the lengthy chapter, “Family Matters,” about Chris’s difficult, intense relationship with his father.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. He caught the itch, so to speak, when he arrived at Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca, New York, and he refined his birding skills with the Lab of Ornithologys Spring Field Ornithology course. This wiki looks good too.] RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

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!

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 210

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” New Jersey/New York. The only answer I can come up with is that they collect fees from those users and view them as their only source of revenue.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

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. And, rage and frustration.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

449–543 Cross Bay Blvd, New York US-NY (40.6103,-73.8191). Brookville Park, New York US-NY (40.6436,-73.7443). Brookville Park, New York US-NY (40.6436,-73.7443). Brookville Park, New York US-NY (40.6436,-73.7443). Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 01 Jun 2019. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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