Comparison Experience Family Sparrows 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book. Mexico border.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. Many Neotropical families and genera have some of their northernmost members here, such as the spinetails ( Rufous-breasted Spinetail ), Tangara tanagers ( Azure-rumped Tanager ), and guans ( Horned Guan ). Stay tuned.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2015
GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. Bird families that resemble each other are combined into one chapter, for example “Owls, Nightjars, and Nighthawks,” and are then treated separately within the chapter.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* comparison tables!) by 1 by 7.5
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2021
My family’s walk through Rochester’s historic Mt. Hope Cemetery was much improved by a number of Chipping Sparrows and a single errant baby Snapping Turtle. But everything else paled in comparison to his first Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in Queens since 2010. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2020
They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2013
Sometimes, I’ll reply with a story about the sparrows found in a local grasslands preserve. Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. Some of these, such as a birder’s experience finding White-tailed Hawks by driving towards the smoke plumes of a local fire, are charming.
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