10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”. This is Mark’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Barred Owl is not a species that most birders expect to find in New York City, much less Central Park. When reports of not one, not two, but three (!) I was pleased to run into Francois Portmann , and we regaled each other with tales of our recent birding and photographing exploits as we searched for Strix varia.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Endangered Species List, giving it free reign to wander and populate North America in ever increasing numbers, including a nest on the ledge of the U.S. And grow they did.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2012
The celebration of Columbus Day in the United States has become somewhat contentious over the years as people have taken a more nuanced look at the “discovery” of the New World. On this Columbus Day, my attention turns to other invaders of a more avian kind.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
The species that manage to colonize these islands evolve in competition with relatively few other species, developing survival strategies based on interdependence, co-evolution, and mutualism rather than adapting to deal with a broad range of predators and competitors. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2011
I’ve rushed to spring reports of these birds in Columbus, Ohio’s Greenlawn Cemetery. I mumble the species’ name over and over something like this: that’s a *&$#^ Great Gray Owl! I’ve driven the back roads of the North Woods looking and listening in vain. that’s a *&$#^ Great Gray Owl!
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