10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
All of these titles deal with birding in specific North American geographic areas: The Atlantic coast, Pennsylvania, and Texas. 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. Well, short for me.
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. I was also curious, as a birder of the northeast United States, to see what kind of avian changes have been going on in Pennsylvania. The second page is the map page.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is concerned. His seminal article, “Bird-Window Collisions,” based on dissertation research finished in 1979, was not published in a peer-reviewed journal until 1989. Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr.,
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.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Crawford, in “Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America (sic)”: A document dated 24 October 1511 was an order from the Bishop of Valencia for each ship from the Islands and Tierra Firme to bring to Seville ten turkeys, half males and half females, for breeding. According to R.D. Which would be weird.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2016
To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating. Sullivan are birders as well as writers, researchers, and organizational administrators, and this makes a big difference.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
These include Pennsylvania (George Armistead) and, the one we 10,000 Birds beat writers are really looking forward to, The ABA Field Guide to Birds of New York , by Corey Finger. Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Books for Reading Pleasure .
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