10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Black Noddy ( Anous minutus ) Everyone’s favourite tern is of course the beautify White Tern , famous for nesting in the most lunatic of locations such as on bare branches. Along with Nihoa Island this is the only place this species occurs in Hawaii.

Hawaii 173

Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 173

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 White-crowned Forktail is the largest among them.

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

Or is living on Hawaii just more pleasant? ” Is it easier to get US grant money to study birds in the US? My suggestion would be to just do any animal studies at the zoo with the nicest weather. On the other hand, I heard it is perfectly natural to study traditional Chinese culture not in a Chinese city but in the Chinatown of L.A.

China 204

China Birds Asia Vietnam 204

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

I hasten to add that many of those staunch critics were and are, of course, among the people who feel most passionately about the organization and are most deeply invested in it emotionally. There are hundreds, of course. Oh, and, of course, Spoon-billed Sandpiper ! Twitching or patch-birding? Patch-twitching, naturally!

Delaware 240

Delaware Colorado 2012 Advocacy 240

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S. The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. But even with Hawaii, there are many U.S.

Puerto Rico 152

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 152

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." The bad news is that Corwin writes that "every heartbeat matters" (xv) largely because "When we put the survival of the natural world in jeopardy, we simultaneously put our survival in jeopardy" (xv, and italics his).

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

The goose has also proven highly adaptable: it is at home in many human-altered environments ( e.g. , golf courses and parks) and is an opportunistic feeder, consuming a variety of native and non-native vegetation. Populations on Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii are stable or increasing, while the population on Molokai is fluctuating.

Endangered Species 101

Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. West Virginia ranks 44th, Hawaii ranks 45th, and Rhode Island ranks 48th. And so on….

Rhode Island 114

Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Of course, the study does not purport to rank refuges based on visitation-based economic output, as that is just one metric. Of course, birders interested in contributing more concretely to the National Wildlife Refuge System should buy a Duck Stamp every year. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 million; 50 jobs.

Wildlife 245

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Go to French Frigate Shoals, in the far north of Hawaii, and you’ll find a chunk of rock no larger than medium city train station. It is the ultimate fate of those islands, and all the islands of Hawaii too, to erode award be replaced by newer islands. They rise, only to fall beneath the waves again. Image by Greg Hume, CC.

Hawaii 202

Hawaii Mammals Guam Fiji 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2021

It is a nice quiet place (except on weekends, of course) covered with trees, bamboos, temples and a dangerously inclined pagoda. Strangely, the eBird entry for this bird talks in detail about its distribution on Hawaii, even though it has only been introduced there. Why would I have liked to give you that number?

China 160

China Hawaii Asia Hunting 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2018

The cartographic presentation suggested, of course, that one should aspire to a map without “gaps.” Alaska, however, is a tiny fraction of its relative size and is relegated to tiny space beneath California, next to Hawaii. Some states just seemed to taunt. But that’s better than other parts of the country, such as the U.S.

District of Columbia 124

District of Columbia Puerto Rico Michigan Colorado 124

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. If something got rare we’d just tuck a preserve around it and keep it as a tourist attraction. … Extinction is forever. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again. What a horror! What a wrong!

California Condor 197

California Condor United States Guam Whales 197

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Of course, the evolutionary processes that produce this variety generally take place on a scale that prevents us from noticing any change at all over the course of our lifetimes. Rhinegeist Brewery and Green Cheek Beer Company: Ain’t No Tang. Three out of five feathers (Good).

Ohio 113

Ohio India Hawaii United States 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

And, of course, there have been many, MANY changes in how species are organized taxonomically, in terms of genera, family, and order. And, with the Western North American guide, you get Hawaii! The book went to publication before the most recent change of McCowan’s Longspur to Thick-billed Longspur, so ink that in.

North America 226

North America America 2020 Hawaii 226

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

Of course, this is nonsense – pheasants are probably among the most overrated of all birds. Of course, we all remember Edward Blood (1908-1991), the American skier who competed in the Nordic combined events at the 1932 and the 1936 Winter Olympics ( source ). The pimps of the avian world. Wait, does that remind me of anyone?

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Of course now that you know, you will be curious as to the result of the election. Of course such a clear case of misjudgement would never have happened here in the Olde Europe. But if you look through the haze of reds and yellows and curvy bills on songbirds, you will see the horrific implications of the inclusion of Hawaii.

Hawaii 156

Hawaii Albatross Europe America 156

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The guide covers over 650 species, most of the breeding birds in the United States (minus Hawaii) and Canada (like most guides with ‘North America’ in its title, it does not include Mexico or the Caribbean). No Nest, in Divot in Moss on Branch of Mature Conifer in Old-Growth Forest ? Only one possibility, Marbled Murrelet. (I

Eggs 228

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 228

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Of course, this affiliation depends entirely on that bird’s unlucky lot to be eaten en masse (but usually not en croûte , en papillote , or en cocotte ) on a holiday that’s become so synonymous with feasting on this fowl that it’s equally well known as Turkey Day.

Turkey 115

Turkey Fowl Hawaii California 115

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Where Hawaii, Japan, and Siberia are just an ocean away. In addition to Debi, the leaders for the trip were a list of west coast luminaries: Peter Pyle, Will Brooks, Jim Holmes, and, of course, “Seagull” Steve Tucker. Where you can get out to deep water almost as soon as you leave the harbor.

Whales 109

Whales Whaling Albatross Dolphins 109

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

Of course, there are some with little or no land purchased with MBCF funds, including Harris Neck NWR in Georgia (0.0%), Desert NWR in Nevada (0.0%), and Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii (0.0%). For example, Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii was created in 1985 with land transferred from the U.S. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 0.0%.

Ducks 203

Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203