10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. The male Grey Peacock-Pheasant looks quite attractive, though most human males would rightfully shudder to wear a shirt covered in purplish dots. “It is not deep enough yet!

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

While these adults were not banded, it is well documented that Bald Eagles are monogamous and return to the same nest each year. By year three, the adults were practicing the eagle equivalent of human “hover parenting.” The Bald Eagles were full of surprises – one of the main reasons this project took three years.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. So if you want to see a Kirtland’s Warbler, you go to Michigan in May or June.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible!

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Species Australia Birds Parrots 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Kinabalu (at 13,455 feet the highest peak in southeast Asia), and human development that has resulted in freshwater rice fields, secondary forest, and oil palm plantations, this means that Borneo offers an incredibly high degree of biodiversity. Borneo, the authors say, is under-birded. I think we need to do something about that.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

I particularly liked the section on Anatomy and Morphology, which explains the anatomical adaptations that enable woodpeckers to do the things they do, like drum at rates that would explode human skulls. I say almost-comprehensive because the bibliography is heavily tilted towards scientific literature.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 236

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100