10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. per cent of individuals of a species at a given time” and a vagrant bird as a bird that shows up outside of this range (p. other compass senses like the stars?–and
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
However, we now understand that birds vary in how they navigate, and many if not all bird species use multiple approaches to navigation. Hore & Henrik Mouritsen of Universität Oldenburg, Germany, have just published a paper in Nature called “ Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird ”.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
I know humans as a whole are a powerful species, but really, we do not have that much control over hummingbird migration ( Trumpeter Swans , maybe, but not hummingbirds). Some of the unusual species we’ve documented here in Minnesota in the fall include Magnificent Hummingbird (above), Costa’s Hummingbird and Green Violetear.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Mostly the ducks were Red-breasted Merganser and Greater Scaup , the two most prevalent species on the pond, but there were a few other birds mixed in as well. Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? Were you and Jeff the only witnesses? What a spectacle indeed. Thanks for visiting!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2011
The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
The field site I am assigned to is located in one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world and home to a particularly rich avifauna that numbers well over 500 species. Hundreds of riotously colored birds representing 14 species of macaws and parrots flock and frolic together in less than fifty meters of forest canopy.
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