10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As mentioned in many other posts on this blog, the avifauna of Trinidad & Tobago consists of several species and family groups occurring very interestingly, in threes. Many years later, I heard of another group of Lesser Nighthawks that had converged on a nearby wetland.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. 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.

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You can easily see that this blog post is trying to appeal to two very different target groups – birders and those who like independent/alternative music. Next, band names referring to individual birds or bird families. And of course, I need the band name to justify some photos of cranes. The bird family, however, is not.

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South Africa China Germany Birds 235

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2022

The exploration of triads within the avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago has taken me through various families and species groups on this blog. On the topic of patience, the Plain-brown Woodcreeper follows rivers of army ants as they course through the forest floor, much like antbirds do.

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Woodpeckers Trinidad South America Hunting 249

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The idea is to give you a start in the identification process, and of course knowing which species are possible in your area helps narrow the possibilities down further. Each family section begins with a Group Account, an overall section giving the number of species in the family and nesting commonalities and differences.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 239

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Over the course of the following hour or so we observed many different species *coincidentally* alight on the wall near to the body of the fallen yellowlegs. Did the Black-bellied Whistling Duck represent his family, “showing face” as we say here in the Caribbean? Pectoral Sandpiper (L) and White-rumped Sandpiper (R).

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Elephants Ducks Humane Family 274

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 265

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. A Suffolk Otter swimming in the Little Ouse river Not all Otter s want to be photographed But this one emerged, though only briefly The otter is, of course, a member of the weasel family.

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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. They were also believed to be part of the Wood Warbler family. But, of course, I wanted more. Over the years, as the online forum gradually and inevitably evolved into a WhatsApp chat, I found myself forming significant friendships with these birders.

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Mexico United States 2019 America 249

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. 220; Copyright © 2022 Tom Johnson photos p.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 262

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. The popular stereotype of birders is that we’re obsessives, focused only on the feathered to the exclusion of anything else.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Violet's a member of our family. but a friend who volunteers for a rescue group told me of a greyhound event around the corner from my house. Stanley, Emily, Violet and Sky are members of our family. Of course not; that's serious business. And if you keep messing with you she'll bark and show you all eight of her teeth.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2021

The raucous Spotted and Gray-barred Wrens are in the Cactus Wren family. And when you do get it to come within sight (alas, with playback, always), it can be as bold as any other member of this cocky family. But, since I know this is my one place to find this Wood-Wren , I of course went looking for it.

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ALA United States Mexico Family 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

The family has about 37 species, but that includes several fulvettas – only 21 of the species have “parrotbill” in their names (and frankly, the bills of fulvettas do not look like those of parrots at all). times more likely to be married within his or her own group than random matching would predict.

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 213

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2010

I recently got a chance to read a charming new book called The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart & Touch the Soul. It was so fun to read about the adventures of a rescued fawn who was “adopted&# by a group of very special people.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? The rest of the 216 pages long book is devoted to various African bird families and half a dozen individual species. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

Readers with a pornographic mindset will enjoy the following information about the Dusky Moorhen: “Simultaneously promiscuous, forming breeding groups of 2–7 apparently unrelated birds; individuals sometimes switch groups between seasons. Within group, all males copulate with all females.” ” (HBW).

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Several, like the mocker and the hummer, were members of families I hadn’t encountered before, either. For two of my group – Michael Lambarth and Sandra Fisher – this was their first serious birding trip, and they were bitten by the bug. This, of course, is what a world lifelist is all about. Fantastic!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

and of course visited several bookstores and noted at least five different field guides, including the massive identification guide I reviewed back in 2017, The Australian Bird Guide by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack, and Kim Franklin. I recently visited Australia (Yay!)

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Australia Birds 2017 Groups 248

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. A number of families exist on Trinidad but not Tobago.

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Trinidad Turkey Squirrels Species 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There were waterbirds and raptors, owls and woodpeckers, thrushes, grosbeaks and crossbills, and of course those charming and indispensable new world warblers. To accompany this review I have added two of my photos of my favourite bird family, the New world warblers.

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Birds Woodpeckers Canada Collecting 225

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

These are the bird families covered: Penguins, Alcids, Diving-Petrels, Petrels, Albatrosses, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Frigatebirds, Gannets and Boobies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Noddies, Terns, Phalaropes. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive. At this point, the organization gets a little confusing.

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Albatross North America Birds Groups 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

When buntings meet for a family reunion, I can imagine the Crested Bunting is the focal point of the attention – the one that got rich and popular compared to all the others. To be fair, it is probably among the less spectacular-looking pittas, but don’t tell them I said that. The skull cap, I guess.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The HBW states that “even in their native range of Africa, they are considered pests due to their willingness to eat farmer’s crops and their prevalence on golf courses” I have to say, destroying golf courses clearly is something I hold in their favor. students comes in handy). And I do not see much of a helmet either. .

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Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2019

Of course, it can´t all be that easy. But, amazingly, not all the “House Sparrows” I saw were House Sparrows ; a large group in Algeciras, in southern Spain, were Spanish Sparrows , and a smaller group in Madrid were European Tree Sparrows. Little, not Snowy. They really are Mallards. For my U.S.-only

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2022

Wood-Wrens , birds of the family Henicorhina , are very small wrens of Central and South America that like to live very close to the ground, in dense forest underbrush or elfin forests. But, of course, the Wood-Wren was not one of them, as I had already seen it in El Temazcal. So eventually, the pilgrimage must be made.

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Mexico South America Species America 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore. ” ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

And, the One-page Index, a quick reference to locating major bird families, is placed in two locations–the front and the back of the book. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics. And, of course, to read the introduction. Species Accounts.

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North America America Hawaii Birds 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical description of the family is that of “a tropical African and Asian songbird that typically has a melodious voice and drab plumage”, another is “small, dull-colored passerine birds of Asia and Africa”, yet another states that they are “often rather plain” Individual species get even harsher reviews.

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South Africa Malaysia Africa China 234

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

Hannah Buschert started birding in college thanks to a required Biology of Birds course and a professor who included Sir David Attenborough’s Life of Birds to punctuate lessons. Of course, there are factors in play, a glaring one being listing platform preference (eBird vs. BirdTrack, for example).

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Senegal South Dakota Gambia Birds 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

I really thought I had hit the jackpot, when a couple of exciting species turned up: my very first Gray-collared Becard , and a small group of White-naped Swifts. Of course, about half the birds seen that day, such as Rufous-capped Brushfinches and Transvolcanic Jays , would be unusual and exciting for most of our readers.)

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ALA Investigation Family Species 159

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

According to an article in the Guardian , “nearly a quarter of black swan families are parented by homosexual couples, the males sometimes mating with a female simply to have a chick. Though of course, competition for these jobs from Eurasian Spoonbills is fierce. It seems they kept a pheasant as a pet for the chick.

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Birds China Pythons Breeding 216

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Introduction. Images of typical display poses are included for many of the birds of paradise.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Where a birder goes in the Caribbean determines which birds are seen including toy-like todies, Carib hummingbirds, cool pigeons, quail-doves, unique avian families and outrageous woodpeckers. One such special place is the Centro Manu, a small family run reserve that features several star bird species of Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

There are variations on that theme, of course. Larger groups of helping birds were parasitized less frequently than smaller groups, at two different study sites. We quantified the fitness advantage associated with better defenses against parasitism in large groups using data from [one of the study sites].

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Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 206

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Since this is the closest spot to the bird action, this is of course where we all want to be. Well yes, of course! I’m not sure if there are desserts but “pan casero” (a biscuit-like bread) goes well with coffee, and they do sell not so traditional candy bars. Watch the birds.

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