10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges. Common bird and other animal names are listed in full; for example, Mangrove Finch is listed as “mangrove finch” rather than “finch, mangrove”; Marine iguana is listed as ‘marine iguana’ rather than ‘iguana, marine.’

2006 248

2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 248

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal). Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

A little online research into some of these topics, however–like Elizabeth Gould, an extremely talented woman who illustrated her husband’s bird treatises and who despaired of his collecting habit–and I realize that Dunn was probably exercising a lot of restraint. Is all that material on Selkirk needed? Donsker, D.;

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. It turns out that there is an example of this with wading birds in the Florida Everglades.

Alligators 115

Alligators Protection Leopards Birds 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Where predators are rare, turning more attention to feeding might produce a Darwinian benefit, for example. The most famous example of this is probably the Galapagos Islands. In fact, let’s take a moment to look at that particular example because most people have it wrong. My research in the Congo supports this idea.

Birds 119

Birds Research Humane Pets 119

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 241

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 241

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.

North America 221

North America Owls America Dominican Republic 221

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

For example, binoculars and field guides have a cost that can be measured in dollars. Birders who submit their checklists to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct scientific research on subjects such as migration, changes in range, or assessment of populations.

Oregon 177

Oregon Washington Birds Chad 177

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 262

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 262

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. These are species which have been seen one or two or three times, but the rare sightings were unsupported by documentation. slightly rising-falling in pitch and pace.

Bolivia 172

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

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 228

America Industry Squirrels Birds 228

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 212

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 212

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

So, Yellow Rail is included (2 dead birds and one live one are documented for the study area), but Ash-throated Flycatcher, a vagrant found in areas nearby as well as in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but not in the study area, is not. . The authors occasionally add mini-essays on species increases, declines, or distribution.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. and three of the nine woodpeckers illustrated.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 255

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The 7th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America covers 1,023 species that reside, migrate, or have been documented as accidentals or exotics in North America. There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy.

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North America America 2017 Birds 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

The transition from ground-living to flight-capable theropod dinosaurs now probably represents one of the best-documented major evolutionary transitions in life history. Recent studies in developmental biology and other disciplines provide additional insights into how bird characteristics originated and evolved.

Rodents 186

Rodents Primates Bats Science 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” ” These are just some examples. Examples of two types of informational aids offered in both guides: Pictorial Contents for Songbirds (Birds of Costa Rica) and Key to Species Range Maps (Birds of Belize).

Costa Rica 212

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 212

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 252

North America America Birds United States 252

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Why, for example is it ok to count White-winged Parakeets in Miami but Yellow-chevroned Parakeets , which are more numerous, are off limits? I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species. It is with regard to number 8 that the word “reluctance” comes into play.

Miami 133

Miami Parrots Research Birds 133

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 Groups Family 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 147

North America Sparrows America United States 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Published, by Mack’s nonprofit organization, it also serves as an example of successful alternative publishing in the birding world. He also thoughtfully and harshly critiques Big Conservations’ strategies in developing countries.

Papua New Guinea 181

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 181

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 155

Albatross North America Birds Groups 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

After many hours of meticulous preparation, I was ready to import my data, a process that is poorly documented to say the least. For example, we all know that many species had their scientific names changed with lots of familiar genera swapped out. However, recognizing and amending this discrepancy should be automatic for eBird.

Arizona 175

Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 175

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 109

Morals Animal Humane Research 109

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

Here’s an example, from Hagen’s Sphinx, SE guide, p. And, the North American Environmental Atlas project documents the locations of these ecoregions. Many of the species accounts for the dimorphic Snouts, for example, show both the male and the female. So, range maps were constructed based on ecoregions.

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

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.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The Flame Bowerbird, for example. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. government’s resistance to his refugee work, he finds himself drawn to a very different world, and starts researching the heist and the world of classic fly tying, first on the Internet, then in person.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There is a major difference: the Raptors guides are photographic and the Birds of Prey guides are illustrated with Wheeler’s paintings, over 1,000 images in each guide, organized with logical precision for reference, research, and comparison, with a self-evident side benefit–the portrayal of the beauty of raptors. Species Accounts.

North America 190

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2018

” These comments make sense if you are familiar with the larger body of Howell’s critiques of molecular ornithological research as applied to taxonomic changes and of AOS taxonomic decisions in general. 16, below).” I did not know that there was a difference between field notebooks and field journals!

Birds 141

Birds North America 2012 America 141

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

And one of the things you do is to study old documents, and you have this old book, this very very old book, that chronicles the life and times of some historic people in some historic period, but you don’t know exactly when it is from or where it was written. Flight is an example. Imagine you study history.

Mammals 247

Mammals Europe Groups Family 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

For example, some species such as Purple Finch will go south while White-winged Crossbills will likely stay in the boreal forest in widely separated areas where spruces are laden with cones. For a full version of the forecast, head here. Enjoy, and good luck finding winter finches this year – you’ll need it! GENERAL FORECAST. PINE SISKIN.

2014 236

2014 2015 Alaska New Hampshire 236

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.

Birds 167

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2012

It covers 70 seabird species, explaining specific identification points with over 900 photographs and highly detailed descriptive text, all backed by an expertise based on years of research in the field, examination of museum specimen, and knowledge of ornithological literature. First of all, what are tubenoses?

North America 158

North America Albatross America Species 158

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 227

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 227

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 229

Cuba Birds United States 2000 229