10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2019

Over the two weeks since I first introduced you to this family of Pied Oystercatchers there has been a lot of walking. This family of Pied Oystercatchers have not only walked in and out with the tides, which are big in Broome, but also moved about two kilometres north. Pied Oystercatcher family.

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Eggs Feral Cats Shelters Feral 123

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There are several definitions of the wider southern African region, but the one accepted within the region and by the authors of this guide is that Southern Africa represents that part of the continent laying south of the Kunene and Zambezi rivers. You can zoom right into the photos, illustrations and maps, to enlarge the details.

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Africa South Africa Swaziland Lesotho 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Last week I introduced you to a family of Radjah Shelducks taking advantage of the channel. Right beside the road and the irrigation channel were a mixed flock of Cattle Egret , Intermediate Egrets and Little Black Cormorants all “caged” in. Another significant flock of birds were to be found “caged” in!

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Cattle Research Family Rights 104

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above. For easier reference, I have given the order of families in the oldest field guide (on the left) a spectral colour pattern and used the same colour for the respective families in the other guides. Order of bird families, non-songbirds.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

It’s impossible to think of him being bothered by the wet, cold ground when there’s some count to be made definite after years of thinking about it, some esoteric puzzle to be finally solved. Like he does, say, for the Canyon wren. To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? It’s a good life!

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Virginia Boston North America 2020 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Red-billed Curassow ( Crax blumenbachii ), a large, ground-dwelling bird belonging to the same family as the more familiar Plain Chachalaca of southern Texas, was never a very widespread species. Having a family of endangered Red-billed Curassow willingly approach me to within such a short distance is definitely one of them!

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Brazil California Condor Parrots Texas 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2013

They are usually in a group and our garden regularly has a family group of eight visit it. They have listed under “Other names” in one of our field guides “Happy Family & Yahoo”! It could then re-join the family group and continue to enjoy the insects and grubs that our garden has to offer.

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Australia Groups Family Experience 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

Geographic appellations definitely have their place; if you have Andean Teal on your life list, you almost certainly visited the Andes. fuligula is most definitely a Tufted Duck. Common bird names should be about the bird. Too many birds are named for people or locations only loosely associated with a species. Well, no more!

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Birds Woodpeckers Ducks Suffering 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2017

Some birds are so familiar, even non-birders can’t help but know what they are, or at least what family they belong to. The only regularly occurring member of its esteemed family within the ABA boundaries, this cool bird exhibits the same sort of iridescence and striking looks that challenge us to stop gazing at any of the Trogonidae.

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Costa Rica Dominican Republic Kansas Guinea 115

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

A small range map is placed in the upper right/left hand corner showing summer, winter, resident, migration, and rare locations. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. There are advantages to a large book!

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2019

The shearwater’s common name is “Cory’s” because Cory was the first to realize that it was a species in its own right and publish. Definitely not! Do we really want a bird to be named after a man who was proud of killing birds instead of protecting them? Well, no more!

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Boston Killing Protection Collecting 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We all have them: families of birds that are maddeningly similar, forever leaving nagging doubts about our identifications. But I am afraid to post my photos of these with IDs, since I am never quite sure I got them right.). New World Warblers in non-reproductive plumage. “Old World” Warblers, any time of the year.

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Mexico Argentina Experience Experiments 138

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2012

That’s right – I was at the scene at Floyd Bennett Field just after sunrise hoping to see the bird myself. I decided to call it a Grasshopper Sparrow , a bird that is almost as difficult to get in Brooklyn or Queens as a Le Conte’s Sparrow , but it just didn’t seem right. So, birders beware!

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Sparrows Africa Rights Family 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Once the family of Pied Oystercatchers get to the reef they are easily able to hide the chicks and it does not take you long to become familiar with the communication between the adults and young. Family of five Pied Oystercatchers- quite well disguised-also in the header photo! Family of five-adult Pied Oystercatchers on the right.

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Eggs Raised Breeding Family 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2018

Taking advantage of my son, Desmond, having this past Friday off from school our small family decided to do a three-day trip somewhere. I’ll get right down to it. Eventually, around midafternoon, the rain slowed down to the point where it was hardly even coming down and the family took a nature walk. Very well then.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. Reading to your kids before they go to bed is an easy and simple way to subtly put birding right into their sub-conscious. What kid does not love games?

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Birds Game Wildlife Family 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2017

After all, exposing a child to nature is important in their development, right? You might think it would have been no big deal to take off to the Adirondacks for a day chasing a rare gull a couple of days before leaving your family for a week while you gallivant around Austria but you probably live alone and will continue to do so.

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New York Owls Beavers Puerto Rico 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Ornithology By Corey • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share If you like science and comic strips you definitely want to read xkcd. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Wicked, right?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 7, 2012

Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin. Then travel to the Rockies, for a ringside seat as male bighorn sheep go head-to-head in a bloody battle for breeding rights. Then go to the Atacama Desert where Humboldt penguins raise families in the driest place on earth.

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America Sheep Penguins South America 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 173

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I've been having a difficult time blogging both here and at Animal Rights & AntiOppression lately because I feel like my thoughts are like " Groundhog Day." There are few animal rights stories in the news. I confirmed my weird personal right to consume chicken." No feathers: food. I didn't feel sentimental anymore."

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Chickens Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Rights 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

We were soon at home and after hot soup headed for Killingholme Haven, which is only a short drive or a walk across the fields along a public right of way. Although I wrote of the birding at Killingholme Haven Pits last year it is definitely worthy of a mention once again this year. Whooper Swan family. Common Kingfisher.

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Norway Iceland Family 2016 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

For many birders a highlight of birding the southeastern United States, maybe even the definitive birding experience of the region, is taking in the great numbers and diversity of long-legged wading birds. Below is a family shot of at least six. Can you find all of them? You can click on it to get the larger photo.

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South Carolina Alligators Florida United States 157

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Definitely my personal favorite of Africa’s pink birds is the delicate Pink-throated Twinspot. Its mostly found on the ground in thickets or the edges of dense vegetation and usually in small family parties. There are certainly some stunners involved. Pink-throated Twinspot.

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Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2013

He steered me right and there it was, my first life bird in Nevada! If you ever get the chance to visit the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve you should definitely go for it. I was really starting to question if he was really from the southwest when he realized that I was looking at a completely different tree.

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Las Vegas Nevada Birds Blackbirds 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap. wing length; Brelsford et al.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2011

From there we embarked on the short hour-long journey to Bergendal Resort , situated right on the banks of the Suriname River. The second sound that we heard belonged to another fantastic member of the cotinga family, the White Bellbird. This small member of the toucan family is a stunner. They were definitely mobbing something.

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Suriname Birds Guyana South America 212

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. Birds definitely need our help when it comes to habitat preservation, but attracting hoards of birds is not the way. The amount spent on feed? She added more corn. Are you the local Goose Lady?

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Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 244

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2013

It seems like every year a new study comes around that looks at the genetics of seabird populations and finds out that within those “species” that have been in the field guides for decades, and with whom we’ve grown so comfortable, there may be populations that are good species in their own right.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

The right app can provide more focused, reputable information than a Google search, and they’re available on hand, whenever you need them. You can search by breed, age, gender, and size, so you can easily narrow down to animals that are more likely to fit with your home and family.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2011

And you are absolutely spot-on right in having finally worked out what this post will be about (lesson 2) … Treecreeper Identification The Treecreepers are creepy creatures outside North America. Easy, right? Well, because these features are all supportive and tentative but far from definite. I’ll explain.

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North America Europe America Asia 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In the Peterson field guide tradition, text and range maps are on the left and illustrations are on the right (though, unlike the tradition Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America there are no arrows pointing to field marks). There is definitely a relationship between good field guides and birding travel.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. Of course, it is quite common for human parents to set fire to their family homes in order to keep the adult children from moving back home, but this is not an issue for drongos.

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Singapore Birds Mountain Goats Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

These consist of Red-crowned Crane , Blakiston’s Fish-Owl , and Steller’s Sea-Eagle – all among the most massive and spectacular representatives of their families. The next couple hours was a blur of camera shutters, during which I took ~1,200 photos of the 3 fish-owls that took turns coming in to fish right in front of our lodging.

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Japan Massachusetts Birds Eagles 179

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The first two questions were never definitely answered. It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. Each family section starts with a brief description of the birds within that family, their common physical and behavioral traits, and range of habitat.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 195

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Kaufman guides are colorful and well-designed and convenient, just the right size and weight to slip into a backpack or even a pocket. It is the perfect reference source for the family on a trip or living in New England. It is definitely going to be in my car the next time I visit my friends in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts North America Rhode Island Ohio 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

I had neither seen before nor heard of an example of a leucistic* Ruddy Duck but a quick Google search let me know that this is definitely not the first (not surprisingly). Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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