10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). Lucky ducks. “Odd, me?”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
You can’t say the same about migration: you can’t say that every book about birds is necessarily about migration, for the simple reason that only about 4,000 bird species migrate (with some 1,800 of those traveling long distances). (Well, purely physical attributes play a part, too: they’re pretty good looking.).
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
Owls and eagles and ducks and hummingbirds and parrots and woodpeckers are all things that a regular nonbirding joe or jane can, with time and a few color photographs, see the appeal of. Even sparrows, if you choose the right species and play your cards right, can be elevated to ‘cute’ status. And what about lifestyle?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
As an independent illustrator, he regularly contributed art to Ford Times , a “lifestyle” magazine published by the Ford Motor Company. So, the Eastern Kingbird ”is one of the Tyrant Flycatchers, Tyrannidae –America’s largest bird family–365 different species.” The chapter also gives hope.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2017
and am not a lifestyle writer to comment on those claims. I am a birder and I can claim that out of Serbia’s total of 350+ bird species, highly urbanised inner city areas of Belgrade hold almost 100 birds, while the outskirts have more than 200 species. The question is, where to see them? Getting there: City bus 95 and 94.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2014
An itinerant lifestyle, while wonderful in some regards, does not lend itself to forming certain connections. Our first stop at the World’s Fair Marina was all I’d hoped for – lots of ducks and a not-too-energetic stroll over level ground to see them. Birding Christmas Bird Count ducks Queens'
10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2012
Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life. We can’t very well ask these birds themselves or test this in a lab, but there is a large body of anecdotal evidence demonstrating that individuals of these species really can have feelings for one another. Photo courtesy of Redgannet.
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