Collecting Florida Humane Species 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
” my brother asked on a hot and muggy afternoon in North Florida. Each time, a small notebook tagged along with me, and I would note the bird species I spotted, then put it away. I can go back in my notebook to see when other species arrive, or which spend all year in my Florida region. “It
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2014
It is also a good description of the birding in southernmost Florida. Sure, Miami and the Florida Keys do not boast any endemics ( ‘Cape Sable’ Seaside Sparrow is close) at the species level. Many visitors who come through Orlando or Tampa see maybe eight or ten species on a winter trip.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2014
There is one thing however that makes the Sunda Teal a rather highly desired species, and the name is a bit of a give-away: the species’ magic is in its range. Sunda Teals, showing a feeding behaviour called “collective suicide” while a Cave Swiftlet looks on. Sunda Teals, looking healthy but getting hungry.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2013
It’s clear that ibis have been part of human civilization for as long as there has been civilization of which to be part. The group has a worldwide distribution; 28 species living and two additional extinct. It draws a more or less firm line between those species in the Old World and those in the New, however.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
So, for example, Essay #15, “Individual Variation,” uses Herring Gulls to introduce the concept that one species, even one species at a specific age, can vary widely in appearance. The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Nearly 70 species of parrots have been recorded flying free at some stage or another in Miami, including Hyacinth Macaws. Dozens of other introduced bird species, largely escapees from pet owners, now call Miami home. But I couldn’t help but get more excited about the countable species as opposed to the uncountable ones.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species.
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