10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

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. It is, he says, “probably the most extreme examples of sexual dimorphism” (p. who has frequently written about Great Bowerbird s, and more recently Satin Bowerbirds.

Guinea 264

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Where predators are rare, turning more attention to feeding might produce a Darwinian benefit, for example. Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. The most famous example of this is probably the Galapagos Islands. My research in the Congo supports this idea.

Birds 127

Birds Research Humane Pets 127

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

To research this book, he traveled extensively to see as many woodpeckers as he could; this field experience was supplemented with museum research and consultations with other experts, plus a library of print material ranging from field guides to scientific papers. The taxonomy is tricky, as Gorman notes in the introduction.

Woodpeckers 252

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 252

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.

America 239

America Industry Birds Squirrels 239

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” Larks, for example. Cocker presents Eurasian Larks as a prime example of one of the recurring themes of the book, our culture’s tendency to cherish a bird in poetry and myth and to simultaneously exploit, even ravish, the actual bird.

Birds 224

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” ” These are just some examples. Birds of Costa © 2023 by Steve N.

Costa Rica 227

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

New species that were documented from Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 are listed in one of the appendices. The Old World Common Cuckoo, for example, is pages away from the New World Dark-billed Cuckoo, separated by species such as Eurasian Hoopoe and Zenaida Dove. This can be confusing.

North America 259

North America America Birds United States 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When spotting auks in flight, for example, we are advised to look at the “flight jizz,” also whether the bird is flying singly or in a flock and, if so, how the flock is formed. In some cases, he appears to exaggerate certain traits, the ‘spectacles’ of Audubon’s Shearwater, for example.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

In addition to Savannah Sparrow, for example, there are species accounts for Large-billed, Belding, San Benito, and Ipswich Sparrow. Alexander Wilson, for example, is credited with the first scientific description of Song Sparrow in 1810. For example, Wright doesn’t just say that Abert’s Towhee can be found in Utah.

North America 157

North America Sparrows America United States 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

.” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels.

Albatross 167

Albatross North America Birds Groups 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

In fact, experience proved that the process is actually way more cumbersome and time-consuming than it should be. After many hours of meticulous preparation, I was ready to import my data, a process that is poorly documented to say the least. The agony of eBird is the tremendous barrier to entry to switch over from another format.

Arizona 178

Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

Unfortunately, by the nature of the problem, the history of the young field is littered with examples of researchers allowing their subconscious biases — or worse, their conscious ones — to influence how they read the data. But perhaps such morals would be the hardest to discover and document.

Morals 113

Morals Animal Humane Research 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Illustrations were created using diverse visual and physical source materials–skin collections from Australian museums and a database of over 300,000 photographs (plus, of course, the artists’ years of field experience). ” The result is an organization that is sort of but not always arranged taxonomically.

Australia 109

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 109

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds. It is process that can be as simple or as complex as you wish, and I think this is where Birding for the Curious is unique.

Birds 263

Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2012

Fortunately, Alan Tilmouth, a beat writer with pelagic experience, expressed an interest in the book as well. I found this material overwhelming, but was encouraged by Howell’s advice: don’t rush it and learn it in conjunction with field experience. If a tubenose was documented in North America, it is in this book.

North America 159

North America Albatross America Species 159

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Pileated Woodpecker, for example. For example, how does an observer actually determine if a bird is breeding in a specific area?

Pennsylvania 239

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 239

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. These are magical experiences.

Birds 172

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Compare, for example, the species account illustration of the Cuban Trogon with the photo that opens up the introductory chapter. The main question when considering whether or not to purchase Endemic Birds of Cuba is this: Considering that the book covers only 48 of the 371 species documented in Cuba, is it a necessary purchase?

Cuba 238

Cuba Birds United States 2000 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. That’s right – birds eating clay.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

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. Dates of documented sightings are given for review species with five or fewer records and also for exceptional records of nonreview species.

Pennsylvania 176

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. Some document one of the last views of the species, others are of the last representative of the species. more than there really was to see!” (p. The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004.

Animal 270

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

For example, the famous Framingham heart study has been tracking the daily living and eating habits of thousands of residents of Framingham, Massachusetts since 1948. Dr. William Castelli, director of the study for the last 20 years, maintains that based on his research the most heart healthy diet is a pure vegetarian diet.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40