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 authors note that while the baby bluebirds are intentionally portrayed as caricatures, the subject birds are carefully researched. Other Europeans came.

Puerto Rico 238

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Rusty Gonser and Elaina Tuttle, who recently died too early of cancer, have collected more than three decades of data on these birds, at their Cranberry Lake research station. The story of this research, how they started out, how they figured out what was going on, is a long and fascinating one.

Rats 107

Rats Sparrows Birds North Carolina 107

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. In your back yard, if you have a feeder and exclude insects, birds may represent 100% of the animal biomass until either you our your cat walks outside. The data here are from the site of Manaus: All animals: 200 Mammals: 8.4

Mammals 177

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 177