10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2016
I was privileged to help my mother-in-law see her first Common Loon in its summer finery, but for me, the highlight amidst the myriad ducks and grebes was a new regiment of Ruddy Ducks in the waterfowl mix at Conesus Lake. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2016
I don’t know which legislative branch to appeal to, but there ought to be a law that mandates life birds on a birder’s birthday. I spent several hours of an otherwise excellent weekend dipping multiple times on a rare ABA Tufted Duck. Perhaps we should require lifers on anyone’s birthday. Sure beats cake!
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2012
This weekend was dedicated to enjoying the company of my visiting mother, brother, sister-in-law, and niece. The gender of this duck drove my decision, since I swore I would not be moved to chase a drab eider hen, even if it would be a life bird. Consequently, I spent lots of time in non-birdy environments.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Habitat is very important to Hashimoto’s art, they are part of her observational and creative experience, and I think it’s this attention to appropriate waters, plants, climate, and time of day that make her bird portraits special. And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2012
” This is Matthew’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: ENCOURAGING THE ARTIST WITHIN: A review of John Muir Law’s recently released “Laws Guide to Drawing Birds” Heyday, Berkeley, California At some point, I expect more than a few birders have tried (or at least considered) drawing their favorite bird. .”
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2016
The authors themselves–Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, and David Tipling–collectively have 100s of years of birding and photographic experience. I don’t really understand why this 15-page section is included in a book already bursting at the seams.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2017
I counted birds not at my own feeders but at those of my mother-in-law, where my best sighting was a single Northern Raven that croaked back and forth for hours in the unexpectedly warm winter sun. Neither was it an American Bittern , a Harlequin Duck , nor any of the three scoters despite him seeing all of those as well.
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