10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It was a very pleasant experience. A few minutes later my avian company was replaced by a haggard-looking dude with a massive camera setup, his arms covered in cuts. Too often I’ve walked up to a flock of birds only to find an oblivious birder blasting pygmy-owl calls at them. Florida Canyon, AZ.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Essay #158, “Things Birders Do: Big Years,” starts with the writer’s observation of a Barn Owl and then defines a Big Year, surprisingly celebrating it as opportunities for solitary introspection. Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.

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Birds North America Breeding America 119

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Mastering Bird Photography is published by Rocky Nook, an independent publishing company that specializes in photography books, and like all their books it is available in digital and paper formats. The index is divided into two parts–subjects and birds. The last two chapters point us to the future. “What’s Next?

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Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The conversational writing style is punctuated by lists (Things to Consider When Going on a Bird Walk) and Tips to Remember (for finding waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds, gulls, owls, perching birds). Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. The book starts with “Why Birds?”

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

They also have some great apps specially designed for kids like the Owl app. There are quite a few to choose from but some of the better ones include “ Happy Feet “, a film about Emperor Penguins, and “Hoot&# , a great story about saving Burrowing Owls in Florida. My youngest and a Burrowing Owl 8.

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Birds Game Wildlife Family 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Zoe Burke is vice-president and publisher of Pomegranate Communications, the company that published this book, and I think she must have an interest in nature; her other titles include a Nature Discovery series, also illustrated by Charley Harper, and a board book featuring beautiful block prints of birds by Molly Hashimoto.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

After wrapping up our time in the highlands of Honduras, Chris Lotz (owner of international bird tour company Birding Ecotours ) and I arrived at the deservedly famous Pico Bonito Lodge. Central American Pygmy-Owl is another key species at the lodge. Trips Central America cotinga Honduras Pico Bonito'

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Honduras Monkeys Birds America 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

In conclusion, an experience that will put me off buying anything from that company ever. This behavior is described in a paper covering pellet casting by many species in Singapore, including many non-owls. These birds have too much taste.

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Singapore Birds Mountain Goats Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl. birding tour company.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 264

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 184

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. That’s what makes us such good company: No birds to be seen at the moment? We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Hornbills are spectacular under any circumstances, but when a pair lands in a bush beside you at eye-level and begin mutual preening , it makes for a spectacular experience. It was easily one of the best birding experiences I’ve ever had, even impressing my nonbirder fiance. You can read more about his experience here.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 170

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

In fact, experience proved that the process is actually way more cumbersome and time-consuming than it should be. Imagine having to clarify every pygmy-owl, every whistling-duck, every brush-finch… the autocomplete on my cell phone is smarter than this. Agony loves company… a. I’m finally in. How about you?

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Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 198

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

Having learned from my Namibian experience I walked away briskly. I listened, ascertained where the commotion was coming from, thought “ probably birds mobbing some predator, could be an owl, let’s go ” and moved towards the mob of birds. It’s just the warm-up. Then I heard a ruckus.

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Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2017

I really had my heart set on finding some bird-related pumpkin beer this week, but I struck out at the distributor (I know Elysian Brewing Company’s fall seasonal Night Owl Pumpkin Ale has a Great Horned Owl on the label, but I couldn’t find any). Halloween candy? Drink this with the Whoppers (or Maltesers).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2012

Chris Townend is an ace birder, keen conservationist, and proprietor of Wise Birding Holidays , a UK company that leads tours to places most of us dream of visiting. Through his extensive travels, Chris has come to know Ghana very well and shares why this West African country should be high on every birder’s bucket list.

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