10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

It is easy to tell when some species become extinct — a Martha or a Lonesome George dies and there are no more, not now, not ever (until science fiction kicks in.) Such is the case with the Pink-headed Duck , Rhodonessa caryophyllacea , a native of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. For this duck was (is?) Is it extinct?

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Myanmar Bangladesh Ducks Wisconsin 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A few Great Blue Heron blended in with the reeds from afar, and a flock of mystery ducks made a bee-line for open water over our heads. That my data would be used in a global citizen science event? More pelicans buzzed the surface looking for an early dinner, while Willets and Sanderlings patrolled the sand for smaller meals.

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Florida Alabama Kansas Pelicans 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2018

Said explanations include a wide variety of topics, from the edgier aspects of biology (among the ducks, of course) to climate change to quantum physics. Reilly also has a deft hand for style – accessible, friendly, and with occasional glints of humor that accent but don’t intrude on the science.

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Birds Science Ducks 107

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2013

To all you hardy naturalists who have already logged Christmas Bird Count hours in service to citizen science, I salute you! Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend could have been either his first Harlequin Duck or his first Glaucous Gull of the year. Winter has come early and often to Western NY.

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2013 Shelters Birds Science 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Great Cormorants can immerse into the water much more deeply than ducks, as their feathers are not waterproof … … but unfortunately, that requires some feather drying time afterward, which looks kind of stupid (yes, it is kid’s science hour at Kai’s bird blog …). An Eastern Buzzard had goose for lunch.

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Birds Humane Japan Ducks 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

For me, there was the Limpkin in Loxahatchee NWR in Florida, the Atlantic Puffin at Petit Manan NWR in Maine, the Falcated Duck at Colusa NWR in California. Moreover, it contributes to science (and economics ) and the price is right. Naturally, a walk through one’s life lists triggers memories.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 143

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2011

O beautiful for whistling ducks! Even in the Brazilian Amazon, I’ve never seen this many whistling ducks together–there were sixty at a manmade lake behind the Brevard Community College near Titusville, Florida. Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. a tropical delight! What a sight.

Florida 145

Florida Tail Banding Ducks Ohio 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 208

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008. Indeed, sustainable hunting of ducks heps fund the NWR network, and helps protect places like the Farallon Islands, which are so vulnerable they can’t even sustain non-extractive visits from the best meaning of bird loving visitors.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

The most obvious place that cryptozoology and ornithology overlap is in the area of Lazarus taxa and would-be Lazarus taxa — the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Eskimo Curlew, Pink-headed Duck , and the like — birds that no one doubts existed once, whether or not they exist today. Now why should this be?

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Apes Birds Woodpeckers Primates 159

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The task of wrestling this topic down into something that the human mind can manage, without losing sight of the big picture because it’s snowing in Buffalo, is likely to be the task of a lifetime for many science communicators.

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Netherlands Birds Buffalo Science 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2016

It was also in some ways an emotional quest for Audubon, who was freshly driven to complete his great work in the face of his first intimations, not only of his own mortality, but also of the idea that his beloved adopted continent was not inexhaustible and that its natural riches could be destroyed by constant exploitation.

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Emotional Fox Sparrows Washington 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

And can I point out how weird it is to see the word “weapon” applied to wildlife sciences. And the weapons don’t stop there.

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Industry Wildlife Coyotes Battery 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2020

But, I think most would agree that driving a mile to walk at the local park and seeing ducks on the pond does not a birder make. This is not to suggest that one must bounce about the Pacific Ocean on a pelagic tour to qualify as a birder.

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2016 North America 2020 2019 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Zamorano University may be regarded as one of the crown jewels of Latin American higher education, particularly in the areas of agriculture, environmental management, and food science, but this idyllic campus excels for more reasons than simply academics. Zamorano happens to be incredibly birdy.

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Honduras Birds Kentucky Research 131

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I particularly recommend this book to students minoring in biology, ecology, environmental and veterinary sciences: Putnam’s clearly written and easy to understand style is sure to explain the complex concepts without relying on hard to decipher terminology. Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 114

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Finding waterfowl isn’t just about locating bodies of water; it’s about different types of ducks, birds most likely to be found in marshes and birds most likely to be found on the ocean, the definition of the term “raft”, and what other birds to look for in these places. There is a wide lens applied here.

Birds 262

Birds North Carolina North America Science 262

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

Separating ducks and coots is one thing, but separating hawks and falcons? Some field guides would eventually follow as well, though I think changes like this could start driving more field guide authors and publishers away from following strict taxonomic order. I think that would be a tough sell.

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Parrots Falcons Costa Rica South America 219

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

Out on one of the rocks that were visible during low tide, a small group of Harlequin Ducks had gathered. Rebecca did a beautiful job, not only discussing the birds on the area, but blending in some environmental science, and the issues that can affect the local bird species. Here is one of them standing in the kelp.

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Oregon Bald Eagle Owls Groups 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Time will tell how much good science can be wrung from the data (due to observer bias, misidentifications, the vastly differing skillsets of contributing observers, under-birded areas, etc.),

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San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Our job is to fly above the Mississippi River at a about 120 feet going about 100 mph and count and ID ducks. It’s not an exact science, but it’s to get an idea of general usage and to see how the habitat can be managed in a better way for migratory feeding. Here’s an example of what we see.

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Mississippi Ducks Minnesota Science 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2016

But driving a mile to walk at the local park and seeing ducks on the pond does not a birder make. But that estimate is admittedly more art than science, depending, as it does, on one’s estimate of what fraction of birders would engage in these countable activities.

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Wildlife Portland 2002 Collecting 163

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Every year, Ducks Unlimited of Mexico, A.C. The various national versions of Ducks Unlimited are mostly an outgrowth of sports hunting. Now, I secretly do suspect that many millions of ducks may spend the winter in my own backyard. Then, within a couple of months, I saw my first Cormorants at the lake. But I did both.

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Pelicans Blackbirds Ducks Hunting 205

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. The grand total is 817 species!

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North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Birdlife Australia does not try to hide being puzzled over the naming of the Pacific Black Duck : “Despite being predominantly brown, the Pacific Black Duck has always been known as the ‘black duck’. m, individuals feeding on bread were only 0.25 m, individuals feeding on bread were only 0.25

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Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 216

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

Birders care about bird science and conservation, but also about access to birding sites and facilities as those locations, etc. Avian science and conservation are well covered by large and well-financed national non-profits. Secondly, the ABA should increase and formalize its advocacy for birders.

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Advocacy Science Wildlife Portland 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor.

2019 137

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

A few Mandarin Ducks stayed far away from my camera, understandable given their serious case of molting. For some reason, Tiaozini also turned out to be a good place to get a decent photo of Common Pheasant , a species that is relatively easy to see, even easier to hear, but very difficult to photograph. Not this one.

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Birds Uganda Breeding Rats 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

It protects familiar visitors like cardinals and chickadees; raptors such as bald eagles and prairie falcons, and, of course, the many ducks and other waterfowl that sportsmen treasure.

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Protection Bald Eagle United States South Carolina 258

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

He enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background to model nocturnal bird migration. I had roughly 10-20 species for Serbia including species such as Ferruginous Duck , Hazel Grouse , Griffon Vulture and Spoonbill. ducks), IBA, particularly nice landscape/habitat, or scenery…. r=RS&yr=all&m= ).

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Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 131

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. This terrific waterway, flanked with paths and studded with stepping stone bridges, is home to a lot of Eastern Spot-billed Ducks and Eurasian Teals.

Japan 118

Japan Birds Stud Ducks 118

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

Destined to be forever written off as ducks which which they share an affinity with water and little else, or maybe coots primarily among those who may reside near large numbers of those squabbling, aquatic rails, or more likely ignored as they slink back into the vegetation to do their business away from lookie-loos and carriers of bread bags.

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Jordan Guatemala Birds South America 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

It is responsible for some of the happiest moments of my childhood, the trips to the Buffalo Museum of Science that kindled my passion for nature; and yet, the quest for specimens ushered some of my favorite species of birds out of the world. It is driven by love for animals, but relies on their deaths to exist.

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Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Also, with the opening of more hunting seasons i am hopefull that more concerned sportsmen will start an organization along the same grain as Ducks Unlimited to protect and create Sandhill habitat. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp! From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4 Isn’t that neat?

2011 238

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Western Australia.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100