10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Animal Raccoons 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. This is a smartly written book.

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Birds Los Angeles Massachusetts New York City 228

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Researchers doing shorebird surveys on the Core Banks (that is, the section of coast between Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout) had a tendency to find some interesting stuff. The first group to use him had great success, finding the bird in no time along with a Long-billed Curlew , another great bird for the southeast.

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North Carolina Colorado Wounded Groups 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

Above is a photo of the only Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) seen at Tuscan Preserve back in February of 2010 when a group of concerned birders installed eight artificial burrows on this property, to be preserved in perpetuity. Nesting habitat use by Burrowing Owls in Colorado. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179.,

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Owls California 2010 Colorado 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

It is mid-March and I am back in Colorado for meetings. Large groups of Hooded Merganser , Redhead , Franklin’s Gull , and other floaters were easily spotted. Our internet research showed that somebody in Pine County had all three ( Black, Brown-capped, and Gray-crowned ) Rosy Finches on the feeders in their garden.

Denver 176

Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 176

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.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. This is also a hard question to address because most data on animal size distribution does not compare across classes of animals, and/or focuses on groups that would not be helpful. Amphibian’s and Reptiles: 3.4

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 179