10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Getting intimate with a species over the course of the breeding cycle is one of the more rewarding aspects of birding, and field research too. Over the course of three months of field work I monitored dozens of parrotlet nests from start to finish, taking care to snap some pictures now and again.

Eggs 268

Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I could go on and on, it’s that kind of a book—a comprehensive treatment of a species we respect and adore, based on the most current research, written in a style that, while factual, is from the author’s viewpoint, flavoring facts with a witty, observant personal quality. Mitochondrial DNA analysis strikes again.

North America 221

North America Owls America Dominican Republic 221

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 255

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Birders who submit their checklists to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct scientific research on subjects such as migration, changes in range, or assessment of populations. I emailed the authors and asked about their research and their use of eBird data.

Oregon 177

Oregon Washington Birds Chad 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p.

Bolivia 172

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

I speak of flight, of course. The transition from ground-living to flight-capable theropod dinosaurs now probably represents one of the best-documented major evolutionary transitions in life history. This is a key feature of birds. Not all birds fly, but all birds have flight related anatomy and at least descend from those that did.

Rodents 186

Rodents Primates Bats Science 186

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

America 228

America Industry Squirrels Birds 228

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all.

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. Previously, even researchers had problems getting access to nesting Kirtland’s Warblers. So if you want to see a Kirtland’s Warbler, you go to Michigan in May or June.

Michigan 227

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2018

He was the first director of that museum, edited that journal, invented the niche concept, and, of course, came up with the Grinnell system. Here, according to the research , there is. Data used to document declining wildlife populations typically trace to the 1960s or 1970s. Not in the Mohave Desert.

2018 101

2018 Science Humane Species 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. They wrote books and published research. Norse was a Wall Street broker; John Kieran was a sports reporter and radio panelist.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Crawford, in “Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America (sic)”: A document dated 24 October 1511 was an order from the Bishop of Valencia for each ship from the Islands and Tierra Firme to bring to Seville ten turkeys, half males and half females, for breeding. According to R.D. Which would be weird.

Turkey 201

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Green-striped Brush Finch, a Mexican endemic) to 14 pages (Song Sparrow, of course). In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. Of course, Wright approaches identification from a historical viewpoint.

North America 147

North America Sparrows America United States 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I realized a curious thing while researching some of the creatures in this guide–some of the common names given for the flying fish appear to have originated with co-author Steve N.G. Dates of documented sightings are given for review species with five or fewer records and also for exceptional records of nonreview species.

Pennsylvania 165

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 165

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

And, in a very lovely section in the middle of the book, she describes the life cycle of the cahow, informing evocative passages about their nocturnal courtship and flight with recent research findings about how seabirds are able to function—eat, sleep, navigate home.

Birds 167

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Feel free to insert your own French joke here (though of course in the US, restaurants now serve Freedom Frogs rather than French Frogs). The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

China 226

China Birds Pythons Eagles 226

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. Let’s hear it for the return of the forest!

Pennsylvania 227

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There is a major difference: the Raptors guides are photographic and the Birds of Prey guides are illustrated with Wheeler’s paintings, over 1,000 images in each guide, organized with logical precision for reference, research, and comparison, with a self-evident side benefit–the portrayal of the beauty of raptors.

North America 190

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

The New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC) documents 465 species of natural origin. It is also, of course, more up-to-date. Of course, these are stories of over 460 species, condensed and informed by research gleaned from ornithological literature dating back to 1869. Should you buy this book?

New Jersey 190

New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

”) We hear Dunn’s musings of the moment as he observes his target hummingbirds–paeans to their beauty of course, but also observations on their behavior, thoughts on their place in our current disruptive environment, worries for their future balanced against the joy and calm Dunn feels in their presence. Donsker, D.;

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

The speaker turned out to be Tim Laman, and the topic was the incredible research he and Ed Scholes had spent years doing on birds of paradise in New Guinea. The material is meticulously documented with citations of monographs by Clifford and Dawn Frith and Bruce Beehler plus additional research papers and materials.

Guinea 262

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

’ Gorman has read and distilled probably every research study ever written about Wrynecks or related to them; my quick count of the citations in the 16-page References section came to 295. Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. and the rural Austrian folk name natterzunge or ‘adder tongue.’

Woodpeckers 232

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 232

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of climate change may have a negative effect on the viability of populations by causing increased mortality in a subtle but significant way. Original document available here. Briga, Michael and Simon Verhulst.

Killing 205

Killing Zebras Birds Research 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Some remained stored for decades before a researcher would pick them up and inquired about these poorly documented specimens. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. It seems we have a second chance to keep this majestic bird among us.

Collecting 268

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 268

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

By the time they were looked at as a primary document it seems that most who saw them did not recognize the connection to the Mysterious Starling or their value in general. Olson who in 1986 published a paper describing his experience finding, reading, and researching Bloxam’s original notes. What a horror! What a disaster!

Killing 170

Killing Rats Cooking Norway 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2012

It covers 70 seabird species, explaining specific identification points with over 900 photographs and highly detailed descriptive text, all backed by an expertise based on years of research in the field, examination of museum specimen, and knowledge of ornithological literature. First of all, what are tubenoses?

North America 158

North America Albatross America Species 158

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys. Although we are not close nor on a direct course, the geese are skittish.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Two books came out this year that combine stunning photographs, the kind you want to frame, with comprehensive research on birds. Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding.

Papua New Guinea 181

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, of course, regular 10,000 Birds readers know this from beat writer, Australian birder Clare Morton , whose writings about the birds of Broome and other Australian areas have taught many of us about the joys of Australian birding.

Australia 106

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There are a number of striking damselflies–the Firetails with their bright red abdomens and sometimes matching red eyes or thorax (only the males, of course); the sleek, elegant Rubyspots (nine species!); The first time I saw one (in Panama, I admit) I didn’t realize it was a damselfly till it perched.

Costa Rica 260

Costa Rica North America Family America 260

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2019

This range of illustration continues throughout the 24 plates, reflecting, I assume, what has been documented and not documented for each species and the degree of difference between sexes and amongst subspecies. Many of these accounts include unpublished information from Greeney’s own research.

Research 140

Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 140

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The 7th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America covers 1,023 species that reside, migrate, or have been documented as accidentals or exotics in North America. There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy.

North America 182

North America America 2017 Birds 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

New species that were documented from Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 are listed in one of the appendices. Knowing if a specific species is “off course” when it is a first-year or an adult bird may help determine how and why the process has occurred. This is more than an identification issue.

North America 252

North America America Birds United States 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Of course the shorebirds do the same! For a researcher to get from Broome to Beijing it would take over 30 hours, as you would be required to fly south first! Of course you will always see more than birds on the beach after a storm and this crab acknowledged our presence. It was observed sleeping after the 6400kms trip.

2011 144

2011 Australia Deer New York 144

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

To research this book, he traveled extensively to see as many woodpeckers as he could; this field experience was supplemented with museum research and consultations with other experts, plus a library of print material ranging from field guides to scientific papers. This makes it very difficult to research woodpeckers by genus.

Woodpeckers 241

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 241

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

.” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels. and “Conservation.”

Albatross 155

Albatross North America Birds Groups 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Seabirds: The New Identification Guide covers these, of course, and also more familiar species. Harrison is positive but pragmatic, he notes that even with the best research, enthusiasm, and skill, there will be times that identification is not possible. “That is just the nature of seabirding” (p.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279