10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

Once you eliminate the risque jokes (I know, I know, but it’s a family blog) the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet might have the most comical name in American birding. The tyrant flycatchers, in turn, derive their name from the first member of the family to land a Latin name, the Eastern Kingbird. Finally, a few additional notes.

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Costa Rica 2014 Family Collecting 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Of course, it is hard to justify such an obsession in a blog post ostensibly all about birds. Interestingly, the Slaty-backed Flycatcher follows a similar color scheme despite being part of a very different family. This, as any scientist will tell you, surely requires further research. And additional grant money.

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China Birds Nevada North America 230

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

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.

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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.

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 223

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

This research suggests that the boom isn’t due to an influx of newcomers, but rather because more local birds are flourishing and successfully rearing families. Specifically, researchers found that in EAB-infested areas, the birds preferred ash trees to other trees, and seemed to favor the ashes with the most severe damage.

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Woodpeckers Illinois Science Chicago 273

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. ” Fortunately, most of these researchers could be taken off their antidepressants after proper sound recording was invented. And of course, I would have been wrong.

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San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

And of course I did a whole lot of cross-referencing and going back and forth between the different books. The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above. Order of bird families, non-songbirds. Order of bird families, songbirds. It was a nightmarish thing to do. Do you see a problem?

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Brunei 2009 2016 2014 156

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.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Part Two: The Family Live of Selected Species” describes and illustrates the family lives of 49 species in 25 chapters.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Breast cancer is something that is near and dear to our family. So of course when we got this press release we were more than happy to share the word. Thinking Pink for Pups: Dogtopia Pampers Dogs for Cancer Research. billion for breast cancer research, education and health services. is partnering with Susan G.

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2002 Raised Animal Welfare Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Taking morphological measurements from a foliage-gleaner The Asociacion Fauna Forever and Center for Ornithology and Biodiversity (CORBIDI), two Peruvian not-for-profit conservation organisations, are proud to announce the next set of Bird Ringing Forever courses to be held in June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata, Amazonian Peru.

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 197

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. ffrench’s descriptions are delightfully uneven, reflecting his personal experiences with the birds, his research, and his personality.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 196

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.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Its mostly found on the ground in thickets or the edges of dense vegetation and usually in small family parties. Of course not! Pink-throated Twinspot.

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Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 211

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book.

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North America Sparrows America United States 149

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2011

convergent aquatic adaptations of loons and grebes on the morphological side and certain molecular sequences on the DNA side) and that by synthesizing all available information, we can both achieve greater confidence in hypothesized relationships and expose areas needing further research.

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Madagascar Birds Louisiana Groups 164

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 231

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Upland Sandpipers were seen almost daily, on posts, in tall grass, in trees, and, of course, flying away from us. . In addition, of course, to birds like Baird’s Sparrow, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and Sharp-tailed Grouse (all of which were life birds for me, and all of which I failed to get decent photos). back to the birds.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

Our small group spent a weekend at the Ferret Research Camp, a cluster of trailers tucked in the middle of a black-tailed prairie dog town and the site, as the name implies, of a black-footed ferret reintroduction program. In the winters the snow lies heavy and researchers travel in and out by small plane.

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Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Releases are magical, of course, and they’re what make our insane way of life worth it, so you want to share the feeling … but not with too big a crowd. That night Ty and his family looked through the photos. Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Killing 2012 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

The guide has been expertly, even lovingly revised, expanded and updated (as the authors’ names indicate, this is largely a family affair). Originally organized by structure and ecology, they have been reclassified according to relationships discovered by DNA research. McKnight and Vera B. McKnight published in 1987.

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North America America Species 2018 258

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. An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? More field guides?

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Ottenby Nature Reserve is run by The Swedish Ornithological Society and visitors can observe researchers collecting data and birds being caught in the mist nest and funnel traps on site.

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Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 166

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I happen to be particularly fond of turtles because my family has taken care of a small box turtle for 30 years (beware–turtles are extremely low-maintenance pets but will outlast your child’s youth and probably your life). Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family. Lovich and Whit Gibbons.

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

In a time of little published information about the rainforests of Central and South America aside from scientific journal articles and the works of 19th-century naturalists, the “little green book,” as it was called, became a must-read amongst nature-oriented travelers and researchers.

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South America Ecuador Reptiles America 152

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Instead, we get references and quotes from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink , the popular science book that takes bits and pieces from various research projects to make the case that we make choices without consciously thinking. Gladwell is a good read, but not credible scientific support.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I managed to get some video of this greedy thrasher before a family walked down the path, and you can view it here. My goal was Lucifer Hummingbird , but I didn’t do enough research to know that the best time to see the hummingbird is in the early evening. I had two days in the Ramsey Canyon area, and I focused on life birds.

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Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 102

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.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 230

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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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 168

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. Of course, that picture needs to be updated on a regular basis (there is no longer one record of Amazon Kingfisher!),

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Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 168

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. 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. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Scientifically, of course, they all belong to the extended family of Larsonidae. It is even a bit doubtful whether the titmouse is a true Larsonidae – ongoing genetic research may result in the species being reassigned to the separate family of cute birds instead (Adorabilae ).

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Birds China Penguins Asia 233

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2023

What most people do not know is that this common occurrence was actually the inspiration for a Johnny Cash song, “ Boy named Sue “ Of course, as this song was written for humans rather than for birds, the situation was adapted accordingly. But the gist of the story remains the same.

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China Research India Zoos 233