10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The book’s twelve chapters can be divided into groups of 5, 5, 1 and 1. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges. The first five chapters focus on natural history and evolutionary thought.

2006 262

2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. It is not an identification guide for everybody.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 270

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 270

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. 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.

Sri Lanka 240

Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This laughingthrush is a cooperative breeder – nestlings are fed by all members of a group, often 6-12 (not just 2 as in Wham!): “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” ” ( source ).

Burma 214

Burma India Birds Indonesia 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy. It’s not always easy reading.

Birds 263

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

Although the MBTA’s prohibitions are broad, there are many exceptions, including “take” for scientific research. FWS argued that the proposed “taking” of Barred Owls fell within this scientific research exception and, therefore, did not violate the MBTA. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.

Owls 124

Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fortunately for the honor of the species, the researchers found that kleptoparasitism was practiced at a low rate (4% of observations) while much more often, drongos captured insects disturbed by other species (41% of observations). It very effectively forms a small foraging group in this manner.

Birds 226

Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 226

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Specifically, the plight of the Rusty Blackbird , which has experienced the sharpest rate of decline among North American landbirds, according to the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group (IRBWG), and has a conservation status of Vulnerable. From March 1 through mid-June, birders in the Rusty’s range (38 U.S.

Blackbirds 220

Blackbirds Vermont Collecting Research 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. According to the latest research data, the total Brown Bear population in Greece is 475 to 500 and here in the Pindos range there are 350 to 400 animals (Pilidis, 2015, in pub.). Not at all.

Bears 271

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 271

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

As in the ornithological world, there has been a major shift in groupings and scientific names of mushrooms. Originally organized by structure and ecology, they have been reclassified according to relationships discovered by DNA research. Like Boletes, they have tubes, but they are separate groups according to my reading.).

North America 270

North America America Species 2018 270

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2014

Three owls have already had the devices attached and some pretty interesting data is being collected. Unlike Desi, the researchers involved don’t think the owls are curling up in a nice warm bed in a hut in the woods, but they don’t have much better answers than that, at least not yet.

Owls 219

Owls Research Science Collecting 219

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The Christmas Bird Count relies 100% on donations to provide support to compilers and volunteers on count day, to manage the historic database, and to fund the technology to make historic data available to researchers. If you are the group recorder, by the end of the day I guarantee you will have learned how to use a field guide to birds.

Birds 152

Birds Science Canada Collecting 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2011

convergent aquatic adaptations of loons and grebes on the morphological side and certain molecular sequences on the DNA side) and that by synthesizing all available information, we can both achieve greater confidence in hypothesized relationships and expose areas needing further research. Mayr names an assemblage of waterbirds Aequornithes.

Madagascar 164

Madagascar Birds Louisiana Groups 164

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Citizen science is a term used for the systematic collection and analysis of data and the dissemination of such data by researchers on a primarily voluntary basis. Individuals or networks of volunteers, many of whom may have no formal scientific training, perform research-related tasks such as observation, measurement, or computation.

Science 267

Science North America Birds Research 267

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. Now, you collect the nine pieces of paper from the last generation of copiers. Person 3, however, adds a word somewhere in the page and then passes it on to three other people.

Parrots 195

Parrots Falcons Indonesia Rodents 195

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The first two questions were never definitely answered.

Trinidad 205

Trinidad Birds South America Research 205

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

Also, in the course of my research I came across a website claiming that the collective noun for a group of Beardless-Tyrannulets is a “shaving”, but out of simple decency I will conceal their shame. Please do not yell at me. Featured image courtesy of Marcel Holyoak under a Creative Commons license.

Costa Rica 103

Costa Rica 2014 Family Collecting 103

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

There is the “The Moth,” a storytelling group popularized by The Moth Radio Hour. The group’s name is in honor of the moths attracted to porch lights in evenings gone by, when storytellers would sit and tell tales on these porches. But, there have been exceptions. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America.

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

So we don’t get lost in the new re-arrangements, species covered in the book are listed in the Introduction in taxonomic sequence, grouped together by genus, accompanied by explanations of changes. So, there are separate descriptions for birds normally grouped in the Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco complexes.

North America 157

North America Sparrows America United States 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The accounts vary in length from two to six pages, and are well illustrated with photographic images by Ryan Phillips of the Belize Raptor Research Institute and a group of 40 photographers from the United States and Central America. The Species Accounts are the research-at-home section. Its organization can be challenging.

Mexico 174

Mexico America North America Falcons 174

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Know Your Adversary Part of being an effective activist on animal research issues is knowing the arguments in support of animal research. Be cautious in repeating claims you find on the Web, especially those made by members of chat groups. Get FOIAed Up!

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. Horned Guan (Click for a bigger version.).

Guatemala 166

Guatemala Mexico San Diego South America 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. They usually occur in pairs or small groups but can gather in the thousands when conditions are right – for example when Etosha Pan in Namibia floods.

Africa 220

Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 220

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” The Select Bibliography, 13 pages of books and articles consulted and researched, is excellent but limited in that it does not include online references.

Birds 224

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 224

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. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2020

Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on avian migration, range, or population. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists. I emailed the Dr. Lopez and asked about this research and the use of eBird data.

Chicago 284

Chicago Research Illinois Michigan 284

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2013

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way.

South America 191

South America San Diego Mexico America 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2016

” The Task Group issued its final report on September 15, 2015. ” The Task Group issued its final report on September 15, 2015. b) Recommendation : Work with all groups to identify synergistic opportunities for promoting broad conservation benefits of the Duck Stamp.

Ducks 100

Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

The bulk of the book is devoted to heavily illustrated accounts of 35 groups of similar looking birds, offering instructions on how to differentiate species by size, structural features, behavior, plumage pattern and general coloration, habitat use, and vocalization. The result is a different kind of book.

Birds 172

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? From 1923 to 1948 Chapin served as associate curator of ornithology in the AMNH.

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

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. I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Dolphin and whale photographic plates offer notes on fin and blowhole size and shape, with the text giving visual clues on what surfacing whales look like (a sperm whale “looks like a giant turd”) and how various dolphin species leap and group together. Howell; I can’t find them anywhere else on the Internet.

Pennsylvania 176

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. No other characters or group of characters are described so persistently with the use of their religious, ethnic, or racial names. This is where Boase excels. I did often wonder while reading the book whether the result equaled the effort.

Industry 121

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 121

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 224

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

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. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2016

Data were collected from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme. I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change in Europe and North America.

North America 122

North America Europe America United States 122

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. The targeted age group is 6 to 11 years. And, the parrots almost, but not quite, disappear from the face of the earth. It really isn’t. Mainor and Sandy F.

Puerto Rico 241

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 241