10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

In one document, I was referred to as a “self-taught ornithologist.” Another challenge to bird research is that it is woefully underfunded and relies heavily on citizen science. As the company has been introducing me to the rest of the staff and clients, a description of my talents caught my attention.

Arkansas 188

Arkansas Science Research Farming 188

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” I’m not saying this is right, I’m saying, as someone experienced in using reference books with people seeking a specific answer, there is a limit in how much preparatory time they’re willing to put in.)

Costa Rica 212

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 212

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Because ingestion of spent lead shot has been documented to cause acute health problems in wildlife (most notably death), use of lead shot has been increasingly restricted over the past few decades. With all the research that has been done on lead vs non-lead bullets, there is no reason for ANYONE to use lead when hunting.

Hunters 175

Hunters Hunting North America Game 175

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

This example is important because it appears that the protector species, not just the protected species, gains a benefit, the latter having been documented many times before. Previous research has shown that wading bird nesting colonies could provide substantial food for alligators in the form of dropped chicks.

Alligators 115

Alligators Protection Leopards Birds 115

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. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right.

Bolivia 172

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Getting intimate with a species over the course of the breeding cycle is one of the more rewarding aspects of birding, and field research too. I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world. Color markings on the legs and head are to identify individuals for research purposes).

Eggs 268

Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

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

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. The researchers are quite aware of the differences between humans and birds and thus have completely ignored another explanation for this behavior.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

During the very late 15th century and early 16th century, there are about five or so references to one Spanish explorer or another finding a “Turkey” and maybe or maybe not bringing it back to Europe. Another from the King of Spain dated 30 september 1512 refers to two turkeys which had arrived in Spain from Hispaniola.

Turkey 201

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Latin name “frontalis” (meaning, as you can guess, something like “frontal”) referring to the distinct black forehead makes more sense. It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies.

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

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. . They wrote books and published research.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

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).” Howell was awarded the ABA Robert Ridgway Award for publications in field ornithology in 2005.

Birds 141

Birds North America 2012 America 141

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.

North America 190

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

And, the North American Environmental Atlas project documents the locations of these ecoregions. They are not, as the authors admit, totally perfect, but they do give us some idea where each species is likely to be found, and hopefully future sightings and documentation will lead to more specificity.

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Each chapter concludes with References, a bibliographic listing of the books, articles, and web pages cited in the text. 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.

Birds 190

Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Many birders keep personal birding lists or life lists, documenting the species they have seen throughout their birding experiences. In birding, a “nemesis bird” refers to a specific bird species that a birder has been trying to see or observe for a long time but has been unsuccessful in finding or encountering.

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

Owls 209

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Species are indexed by English name, scientific name, local names and SEO name, a diverse number of reference points. 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

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

The New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC) documents 465 species of natural origin. It’s a great reference book, but, I confess, a book I seldom use. Of course, these are stories of over 460 species, condensed and informed by research gleaned from ornithological literature dating back to 1869. Should you buy this book?

New Jersey 190

New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 190

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. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. Let’s hear it for the return of the forest!

Pennsylvania 227

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

And though most of Dunn’s historical and literary stories serve specific purposes in each chapter, I wonder if every single reference is necessary. I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources. Donsker, D.;

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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. The reference to the Species Account page and distribution map is easily found, located opposite the boldfaced name. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Species Accounts.

Guinea 262

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 262

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

Falcons 208

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 208

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Most of this book is about Eurasian Wryneck, as the subtitle indicates, though Red-throated Wryneck is referred to throughout and there is a chapter focused on the species. Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. The latter is a nonmigratory, African endemic with a scattered, limited distribution.

Woodpeckers 232

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 232

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When we come to Gentoo Penguin again in the South Georgia chapter, for example, we’re referred back to its first appearance in Antarctica, utilizing the outline numbers.). Noah Stryker wrote about his experiences doing research with penguins in Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica (Oregon State Univ. Press, 2011).

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

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. Two books came out this year that combine stunning photographs, the kind you want to frame, with comprehensive research on birds. The high level of expertise of the text also makes this an excellent reference source.

Papua New Guinea 181

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

By the time they were looked at as a primary document it seems that most who saw them did not recognize the connection to the Mysterious Starling or their value in general. A specimen marked Aplonis mavomata , but without any reference, differs from A. Roland was Andrew’s brother and served as the chaplain during the voyage.)

Killing 170

Killing Rats Cooking Norway 170

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. Here’s Alan’s review. )

North America 158

North America Albatross America Species 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

” Interestingly, the authors don’t attempt to give full descriptions of species, referring the user to the guide’s illustrations and the encyclopedic Handbook of Australian, New Zealand, and Antarctic Birds (which several of the authors also worked on). Subspecies are described under “Geographic variation.”

Australia 106

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

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.

North America 182

North America America 2017 Birds 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

New species that were documented from Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 are listed in one of the appendices. Observations, conclusions, and hypotheses are supported by references to scientific articles and to records from North American Birds and other sources. Lengthy tables present where and when (season) rare birds have been seen.

North America 252

North America America Birds United States 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Harrison is positive but pragmatic, he notes that even with the best research, enthusiasm, and skill, there will be times that identification is not possible. The back of the book is simple: “References” and “Index.” Add photos, bullet points, and a few diagrams and this would be a handy book in and of itself.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

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

MARCH 3, 2015

This is a comprehensive, handsome reference book that is likely to become the standard for many years. More is known about some woodpecker species than others, and Gorman points out cases where additional research is particularly needed. This makes it very difficult to research woodpeckers by genus.

Woodpeckers 241

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 241