10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Of course, excellent opportunity to go birding with my friends Brad and Laura. Of course, I made that up. Large groups of Hooded Merganser , Redhead , Franklin’s Gull , and other floaters were easily spotted. It is mid-March and I am back in Colorado for meetings. Good thing: I was given priority boarding.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

InkaNatura Travel is the only leading tour operator in Peru owned by Peru Verde, a non-profit conservation group. In groups of two and three the big Red-and-green Macaws come flapping in, landing in the treetops as they eye the main stage below — the eroded clay banks. We also have local offices in Cusco and Puerto Maldonado.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He should not be confused with Stewart Traill (1936–2018), the founder of a cult-like group of evangelical Christians, the Church of Bible Understanding. Apparently, the dark color of the plant nectar attracts the bird, as shown by controlled experiments. … Traill did this enough times that Shirley began to hide the scale.’

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Their guides are well trained, and have very rich experiences in birding and customer care, speak several languages, and understand their destination well. The bird guides have not worked for over a year now, and of course being a young industry, most of the bird guides had invested in other alternative businesses.

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Uganda Rwanda Birds Industry 217

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

And of course, the photos here show a female, as far as I can tell. Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch. In my experience, people eat more food they are familiar with than food that is unfamiliar. Apparently, this name is derived from the well-ordered patterns of the male.

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 206

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. Our group, led by world-renowned guide Herbert Byaruhanga, piled into canoes ostensibly to search for a variety of papyrus and wetland specialties, but really we were just looking for the shoebill.

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Uganda Africa Birds Penguins 272

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. And, of course, many colleges and universities have undergraduate and graduate level ornithology courses.

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2018 Agenda Science Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Rather, I am speaking of what a certain group of birds must experience every day. Of course, birds that are rare, new, or especially beautiful are beloved by most birders. Still, in spite of the thrill we share with each lifer, that is not the rush of blood to the head to which I refer in my title.

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Mexico Horses Species Groups 141

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. But we frame these birding highlights within a broader, more comprehensive experience, visiting world-class museums, archaeological sites, and cultural landmarks.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2020

Several have stayed in our home, and of course, invited us to their own homes. This lifer for both of us would have been our undisputed peak experience for the outing, if it had not been for the majestic sight of a pair of Great Swallow-tailed Swifts that flew near us at eye level. But, of course, I wanted more.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Of course, at the time I was also using really sad little binoculars, and a sad little field guide: a Spanish-language edition of Roger Tory Peterson’s 1973 A Field Guide to Mexican Birds. Los bebés (the babys), Gustavo and Alberto, are the youngest members of the group, and only recently got their degrees.

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Birds Mexico California Spain 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

The repeat sightings reveal a great deal about the bird’s movements, but of course we don’t know where it bred. That’s why the current trend to radio-tag birds reveals so much more than ringing, though it is of course vastly more expensive. One assumes Iceland, but there’s no proof.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2020

And lots of birds, of course. Yes, I know that birding can be turned into a social experience of sorts, but it will still always involve lots of silence and stealth. Even group birding mostly falls in the category of “parallel play” Which is just fine with me! Chatty birders, frankly, drive me a little crazy.

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Battery Humane Groups Birds 248

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2020

Of course, I always wake up hoping for a lifer or FOY bird. Sometimes it is the experience that makes them memorable. A group of exceedingly tame domestic turkeys had gathered near it, and two had decided it looked like a great roosting site. Birding days aren’t just about what you see, whether feathered or foliage.

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Turkey Birds Elephants Eggs 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. Of course, you can use the data in many ways. In just a few clicks I can determine that my 442nd Mallard sighting was a group of 50 at Steigerwald Lake NWR on October 25, 2019, that the checklist was started at 9:46 a.m GPS-tracked miles.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 259

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

” A group of nine researchers published a paper titled “Exploring the fecal microbiome of the Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)” Makes you wonder what they talked about during their lunch breaks. In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis.

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Research Germany Iran Humane 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? In an experiment conducted by renowned ornithologists, they sent out applications for a position as a bird model. Yes, you do, trust me. That makes for an inner core of about 0.2% This is more serious than it sounds.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 193

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

The second thing to note is that this is an excellent and courageous book that tackles a group of birds whose field identification has stumped the most skilled birders. The book expands field guide boundaries with its narrow focus on two genera (groups) with a bonus Tufted Flycatcher thrown in for good measure. known-identity).”**

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2022

Over the course of the next ten days we visited many locations with which those who have already visited Trinidad for birding would already be familiar. We had a small group of three or four repeatedly calling and posturing as they moved through the canopy. It’s funny what a shift in perspective can do. American Flamingo.

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Trinidad Turkey Squirrels Species 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A couple of presentations were also given; one by Diego Quesada of Birding Experiences regarding count routes, and another given by Juan Diego Vargas of Lifer Tours that provided interesting and novel information about the count species, the Keel-billed Motmot. Raptors and Swifts. The swift action was also excellent, at least on our route.

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Costa Rica Eagles Species Blackbirds 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Seabirds: The New Identification Guide covers these, of course, and also more familiar species. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. The value of Harrison’s artwork lies in his decades of experience.

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Are gulls, for instance, reducing their reproductive output in some years so all the gulls have a chance to eat (group selection) or are they reacting to environmental cues to maximize survival of their own offspring (standard selfish natural section)? The experiment was run over several years with several hundred birds.

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Killing Zebras Birds Research 213

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

That would, of course, be better than nothing. The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) But one tree isn’t going to reverse the damage occuring in Latin America.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding. Raw honesty is felt throughout.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 227

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Introductory pages for each group summarize the subgroups (suborder pages summarize the families, family pages summarize the genera), describing where these particular turtles are most likely to be found and their shared anatomical features and behavioral characteristics. This of course is not true.

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. So, I anxiously followed the “Flock to Marion 2022” Facebook group in anticipation for open cabins to come up for sale. I waited…and waited…and waited. Salvin’s Prion.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* 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. It’s not always easy reading. The two men have co-authored several previous articles on avian vagrancy.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals. It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold. Only in Africa is it really easy to see a big variety.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I found those comments insightful and inspiring, valuable experiences and opinions worthy of sharing to a wider audience than the FB groups where they were initially posted. Eric DeFonso: “I think a ‘good guide’, in the most generic sense, is one who provides for a gratifying nature experience for his or her clients.

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Greece Birds Zambia Experience 212

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2014

My group came to Montezuma to spy tasty Chocó endemic tanagers, hummingbirds, and anything else we could lay eyes on. This, of course, was a great boon for our group. Of course, the 67 species we saw in the upper and middle segments of Montezuma Peak Road included more than hummers, tanagers, and flycatchers.

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Colombia Birds South America America 266

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Which is just ridiculous, of course, because birders are clearly more heroic. Mike had already explained to us that, in his experience, Black Rails at St. Nonetheless, hearing tiny little rails in the midst of a vast marsh with a score of other birders while an amazing sunset lit up the sky was an awesome experience.

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Wildlife Philippines Florida Experience 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2023

A massive (largest member of the Amazona group of parrots) creature with searing red eyes set in a sea of blue, brown, and purple, the Imperial Parrot ( Amazona imperialis ) is a recluse of higher elevation forest on the island of Dominica. Of course, I was the only one to see this. Photo courtesy Joanne Husain.

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Dominica Parrots Groups Rights 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Audubon Associate Naturalist, have led this tour many times, through tornados, droughts, questionable restaurants, and, sadly, the advent of fracking, and every one of my friends who has participated over the years has raved about the experience and the birds (in fact, one member of our group was on his third or fourth trip, I lost count).

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 144

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

So, all this makes birding this place an occasionally less than pleasant experience. times more likely to be married within his or her own group than random matching would predict. And of course, there were numerous Rufous-vented T**s. In 1980, an American without a high school degree was 2.6

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Of course we all want that! While watching groups of Red-eyed Vireos in the parking area, we had great looks at at least two different Cerulean Warblers along with a few of their more common Paruline relatives. It probably also experiences some of the River of Raptor action Costa Rica is blessed with. We had excellent views.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense. If you come across a group on the ground foraging for food, look around and you will find one bird sitting in a vantage point, ready to give the alarm call in case of any danger. The Latin species name vermiculatus (worm-like) refers to the markings on the upperparts.

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