10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2011
The typical woodpecker, with its coloration of black, white, and red, is ingrained into our brains as birders. We all have our familiar species and we all know our local woodpeckers well enough that a quick glimpse is often all we need to identify them. Because many of our common woodpeckers are such a regular sight we rarely end up taking more than that quick glimpse.
Critter News
MARCH 30, 2011
Gene Bauer from Farm Sanctuary appears in this article. Pretty intense, but I hope people read it. There is a disturbing hedonism to eating. I went to a restaurant for a work lunch and everyone ate meat but me, even the animal lovers. We just don't think about where that flesh came from.and most of us don't care.
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4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 29, 2011
The SPCA does some amazing work on behalf of our animal friends all over the globe. They have many wonderful programs, one of which helps both animals and people. Imagine being a soldier on the battlefield and finding comfort and friendship in a dog. Then imagine knowing that you will have to leave that dog behind, in awful conditions. Operation Baghdad Pups provides veterinary care and coordinates complicated logistics and transportation requirements in order to reunite these beloved pets with
Animal Person
MARCH 28, 2011
. I'm honored to have been asked to be interviewed at the next worldwide Live Guest Chat hosted by ARZone. Questions must be submitted to Carolyn@ARZone.net by midnight GMT on Wednesday. Here 's the link to the page, and I hope to meet you there. Thanks! Mary Martin, PhD. . . .
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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Animal Ethics
MARCH 31, 2011
To the Editor: Re “ Lost Cobra May Hide for Weeks, Zoo Says ” (news article, March 29): The sideshow atmosphere surrounding the lost cobra at the Bronx Zoo has yielded online hilarity and supplied material for late-night talk show hosts, but the zoo is never fun for the animals. By putting animals in zoos, you eliminate all that is natural to them; the zoo is where they live according to humans’ feeding and breeding regimens.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru By a Guest • March 18, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share Some of the most popular birds in the world are parrots, particularly the large, multi-coloured Ara Macaws.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2011
Few living things are created perfect. But I think hummingbirds are as close to evolutionary perfection as one can get. These enchanting nectar feeders have truly mastered the art of flight like no other bird. A high metabolism and the ability to rotate their wings through 180 degrees enables these little gems to fly forward, backward and pretty much everything in between.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2011
The concept that bird watchers can accurately identify birds by their general aspect and behavior rather than by any specific field marks has not only long been accepted, but is actually gaining greater popularity every year. One might debate just how useful or specific this methodology may be, but all agree on its overall utility. A controversy does exist, however, regarding exactly what to call it: are we talking about giss or jizz ?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / competitions / Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway By Mike • March 11, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds (read Corey’s review ) is undeniably one of the most exciting and innovative bird guides to come along in a long time.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Bird Surprises Bird Surprises By Bill • March 8, 2011 • 9 comments Tweet Share Sometimes we watchers see birds do things that surprise us—things birds are not supposed to do. This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America. When this native of Mesoamerica and South America is spied in the wild, usually in some corner of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, it elicits admiring oohs and ahs.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / World Sparrow Day 2011 World Sparrow Day 2011 By Corey • March 19, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share Though it may seem insane to American readers, as well as to any other people who view the House Sparrow as an invasive pest, in its home range Passer domesticus is on the wane.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Conservation / Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? By Mike • March 7, 2011 • 5 comments Tweet Share I bet you do! I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bi
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Destinations , Trips / Quetzals of Ecuador Quetzals of Ecuador By Renato • March 12, 2011 • 7 comments Tweet Share Ecuador has three types of Quetzals, one in the Amazon basin and two in the east and west slopes. The Quetzals in the slopes have a very limited altitudinal range restricted to altitudes above 1500 meters and below 2500 meters.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2011
There is really nothing to say about this other than, um, wow? Don’t forget that if you want to be able to identify the Angry Birds we have you covered. That is all. Enjoy. Hat-tip to Arvind Says. a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2011
In the final version of Walt Whitman’s famed poetry collection Leaves of Grass - the “Deathbed Edition&# - there is a poem dedicated to the Magnificent Frigatebird , or, as Whitman knew it, the Man-of-War-Bird. &# To the Man-of-War-Bird&# was actually first published nearly a quarter-century earlier in the British literary paper, The Athenaeum , and was reprinted in 1878 as &# Thou Who Hast Slept All Night Upon the Storm&# in Progress , a Philadelphia-based literary journal.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida By James • March 8, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by shorebirds. Growing up within an hour of one of the world’s premier shorebird destinations -- West Coast National Park in South Africa -- helped for sure.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Birding Lodges – Part 2 – Punta Cana Resort & Club Birding Lodges – Part 2 – Punta Cana Resort & Club By James • March 22, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share On my journeys around the world with Nikon’s BATV I have stayed at some very hospitable birding lodges.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? By Corey • March 11, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The national bird of Nicaragua is the Turquoise-browed Motmot. Nicaraguans, however, call it Guardabarranco , which translates to “ravine-guard.&# Whatever its common name Eumomota superciliosa is an inspired choice as a natio
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2011
The national bird of Sweden is the Blackbird Turdus merula , otherwise known as the Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird , though, of course, in Sweden it is not known by any of those names but as Koltrast.* The Blackbird became the Swedish national bird as a result of a newspaper poll in 1962. Beyond the charisma and song of the species it is unclear why the Swedish people chose the Koltrast as their national bird.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens By Corey • March 15, 2011 • 40 comments Tweet Share It has been quite some time since the last of the 10,000 Birds diabolical quizzes.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / First Phoebe of 2011 First Phoebe of 2011 By Corey • March 20, 2011 • 11 comments Tweet Share My first sighting of an Eastern Phoebe each year is, for me, when spring officially begins. I finally got my first phoebe of the year yesterday, Saturday, 19 March, a mere eighteen days after the first phoebe of the season was reported in New York City.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Petrel Paradise Petrel Paradise By Duncan • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels. In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for the flocks of albatrosses and giant petrels floating right off the pelagic boat, and the ease of the trip makes it a must-
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Birding Lodges – Part 1 – Paradise in Portugal Birding Lodges – Part 1 – Paradise in Portugal By James • March 15, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share I’m thinking it might be good to include some footage and images of the lodges we have visited on our travels.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Trips / Duck Migration Duck Migration By Corey • March 14, 2011 • 7 comments Tweet Share This past Saturday I made my way to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond a bit before sunset in order to try to get more flight shots of ducks like these as they made their way in to the pond to roost for the night.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2011
A big bruiser of a bird, the Glaucous Gull is nothing if not bulky. It sometimes looks like a gull built from a child’s blocks, with its square-headed appearance and barrel-chested brawn. But when Larus hyperboreus is viewed from the back of a boat as it fights for position in a chum line it transcends its simple shape and becomes a thing of beauty.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2011
I never would have thought that a film that focused entirely on North American sparrows could be so delightful. But the new second edition of Watching Sparrows * by Michael Male and Judy Fieth, who have a whole series of bird films already produced or in production , not only kept me staring at the screen but drew in family members to see what I was watching, to say nothing of my cats, who were enthralled by the sparrows singing on screen.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2011
As you might surmise, I spend an inordinate amount of time every day thinking about both birding and blogging. Perhaps we’re alike in that. Where we may differ substantially, however, is that those thoughts are often crowded out by more pressing considerations of the fine art of SAT and ACT instruction. As the owner of what has been called ( by me ) western New York’s leading test prep organization , I have to meticulously analyze every aspect of these crucial college entrance exams.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds By Corey • March 21, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2011
The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds is undoubtedly the most innovative avian reference guide to come along in many years. In fact, the guide represents such a bold leap forward that reading it makes one wonder what the future of bird guides holds. This is why we asked readers to share their views on the NEXT big step in bird guide design, philosophy, or technology as part of our Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway.
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