10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2012
Jason Kessler is back with the funniest birding movie of the year. Sh*t Birders Say delivers more laughs in 3 minutes than… well, actual birding! Even the credits are amusing. Take the test: if you laugh at least twice, you are definitely a birder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaX7i1Q7-Rw a.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 30, 2012
Have you ever wondered what a baby aardvark looks like? They are pretty cute if you ask us! And that nose! So unique! Busch Gardens welcomed its newest resident earlier this week: an adorable aardvark born Monday, March 26. The healthy baby weighs about 4.8 pounds and is expected to grow to more than 120 lbs. within its first year. It is currently living behind the scenes at Jambo Junction – located in the Nairobi area of the park – and is receiving care from members of the animal care team.
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Critter News
MARCH 27, 2012
This despite a dry market for seal products and a warming climate that is hurting the species? Really, Canada? Really? For the full article, go to The Globe and Mail here. The market for Canadian seal pelts has gone dry but the federal government will still allow sealers to kill 400,000 of the marine mammals when the annual hunt opens next Monday. The quota, announced in a release issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Tuesday, ignores the advice of one of the government’s own scien
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
This is going to be a rave review. I like Julie Zickefoose’s art , her writing , her blog , her blog posts here on 10,000 Birds , and, of course, I like birds. So a book about birds by Julie Zickefoose, featuring her writing and art, some of which has been featured in different forms on her blog, is guaranteed to be a hit with me. How could it not be?
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 27, 2012
This is a beautiful video about a dog named Fiona. She was blind, living in a pile of trash. Be sure to watch to the end for the surprise happy ending. And please visit and support Hope For Paws to help more animals like Fiona get their second chances.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
Like you, I’ve seen a lot of ducks in my life, but it wasn’t until 2006 that I first beheld the the wondrous waterfowl that I’d come to regard as my favorite duck, bar none – the White-cheeked Pintail. The White cheeked Pintail ( Anas bahamensis ), also known as the Bahama Pintail , is a dabbling duck that plies brackish waterways throughout its range.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2012
Pico Bonito, Honduras, March 2009 On our way to the lovely Lodge at Pico Bonito on the edge of Pico Bonito National Park in northern Honduras, Robert Gallardo, the organizer of the Mesoamerican Birding Festival and the post-festival familiarity trip that I am currently experiencing, let us all know that a Great Potoo ( Nyctibius grandis ) had been roosting along the side of the entrance road.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2012
As a native New Yorker, I’ve seen my share of squirrels. Our standard Sciuridae is the Eastern Gray Squirrel ( Sciuridae carolinensis ) and while most of these rambunctious rodents are indeed gray, they sometimes come in other flavors. The Bronx was beset by hordes of Black Squirrels , melanistic members of this common species. So black squirrels have never been a surprise to me.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
If you see shorebirds on a coastal beach in North America they are most likely Sanderlings ( Calidris alba ). If they are running back and forth as the waves ebb and flow they are almost assuredly Sanderlings. They are the “clockwork toy” birds according to Sibley , “The Bird That Plays Tag with the Waves” according to Pete Dunne , and The Shorebird Guide points out that Sanderlings are “probably the most widespread shorebird in the world.” They appear on a
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2012
The most common owls in the world are also in the Galapagos Islands and are considered subspecies that only occur in Galapagos, so one could almost say they are endemic subspecies. The Barn Owl subspecies is the Tyto alba punctatissima and can be found on Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandida, Santiago, San Cristobal, Pinta, and maybe also in Floreana. On the main Islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, and Isabela it is found near the garbage dumps where food (rodents) is plentiful.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
Last week Corey wrote about appreciating our local birds before the migrants arrive and it made me reflect on how easily we look past the familiar as we seek out new experiences. I’ve been meaning to start a series addressing the wonders of the common and familiar. Hopefully it can illustrate how the world unfolds before us if we decide to take a little time, look more deeply, more completely.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2012
At the end of a half-morning’s birding I stopped at the south end of the Cross Bay Bridge, just north of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. It is a spot known for nearly tame Pale-bellied Brant * and roosting gulls, and once in a while something really good appears. I figured I would pull into the parking lot, scan the bay, and then be on my way.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
Upland Sandpipers are one of the coolest and most awkward-looking of our continent’s birds. See, it’s not so scary! Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Birders are a timid bunch. They are scared of all sorts of things. The thought of identifying certain groups of birds can incapacitate them. They are fearful of flycatchers.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2012
Now is the time to take one last look at the birds that have gotten us through the winter. Both the birds that stick around all year and those that visit from more northern climes are soon to be overshadowed by those feckless feathered fops from the south. I know I will be carefully tracking the arrivals and getting excited about them but, like Nate, it is unlikely that I will notice when I see my last Dark-eyed Junco before it disappears to head back to its breeding grounds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2012
Now that late winter has eased into early spring, it seems owls are in the air. I’m hearing all kinds of owl howls, from Saw-whets at (where else?) Owl Woods and Short-eared Owls from New York to the Galapagos Islands. One birder known to many of us even had her life Barn Owl turn up in her backyard! If owls have traditionally eluded you, get back in the game… your luck may be turning.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2012
Anhinga , otherwise known as Snakebird , Water Turkey , or American Darter * – and more formally as Anhinga anhinga – is a bird I have long wanted to see in New York State. Being of bird of warm southern climes it is extremely unlikely but I often did my darnedest to turn a Double-crested Cormorant in flight into an Anhinga , with no success to speak of.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. Like several of my favorite NWRs, this one was established as a haven for migratory birds, most notably waterfowl, during the bad old days when uncontrolled hunting and habitat loss had put the future of even species we now think of as common in doubt.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
Take a look at the fascinating photo below. Process the undoubtedly complex emotions it inspires, then try to imagine the story behind it. Then click through to Pharyngula to learn the tentacled truth. PZ Myers is enjoying this just a little too much… a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2012
Queens, NY, March 2010 For some reason, maybe because of the heroic effort I have made of late to get our new apartment completely unpacked and set up, Daisy agreed to let me out of the house for a few hours Monday morning to take what is perhaps my favorite walk in Queens, which is through Flushing Meadow Park, the Queens Botanical Garden, Kissena Corridor Park, and Kissena Park proper.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2012
I am on a quick trip to the Lisbon area in Portugal and – I must admit – I was taken completely by surprise about how this conglomeration of people, water and nature are put togerther. In preparation for this trip I had spent some time with my friend the google machine and he (she? it?) had told me that the central Portuguese coast is pretty developed with one city flowing in to the next.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
If you’ve read my posts before you’d know I’ve written at length about the devastating effects of introduced mammals in New Zealand, and also of the ways that New Zealanders have been working to save their species from those same mammals. Now everyone has a chance to help the Kiwis save their birds as a Wellington philanthropist, Gareth Morgan, is trying to raise NZ$ 1 million to clear the Antipodes Islands of mice.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2012
The Long-billed Curlew’s ( Numenius americanus ) bill is best adapted for capturing shrimp and crabs living in deep burrows on tidal mudflats or burrowing earthworms in pastures (click on photos for full sized images). They are entirely carnivorous, feeding on terrestrial insects, marine crustaceans and invertebrates as well as some small vertebrates.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
The long-awaited reissue of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers Vol. 1 has finally arrived. The bird connection here is admittedly tenuous, though one character does dress as a duck. What’s important is that Division 18 is written by my talented brother. Isn’t that worth a look ? a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2012
Duncan let me know about this fascinating article from The New York Times Magazine about the changing ecology – and population – of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans which was, of course, devastated by Hurricane Katrina seven years ago. The bird connection? Just read through to the end. a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2012
Then you better have $75,000! That is the minimum amount the complete set of The Birds of Europe , produced between 1832 and 1837, is expected to fetch at auction. Wow ! a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
Those who have followed 10,000 Birds for awhile might remember my post about what is perhaps the bird that I most want to see , Atlantisia rogersii , otherwise known as the Inaccessible Island Rail. Andrew Evans, writing on his blog, Digital Nomad , has told the tale of his encounter with that very bird. Darn that Andrew Evans – I never got an invitation!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
The month may be winding down, but March Madness is reaching a fever pitch. Sure, college basketball is a big deal, but I’m thinking about the burgeoning spring. Think your coworkers would be up for an office pool to pick the next early migrant to arrive? Perhaps you don’t work in that kind of environment, but don’t let that stop you from immersing yourself in the experience of a world in flux.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 29, 2012
Photographer Mark Ross has captured some truly beautiful, and touching, photos of animals abandoned at kill shelters. The book, Animal Shelter Portraits , captures just a small glimpse of what our furry friends experience in shelter situations. The photos in the book made me want to reach out and save each one of them. The faces say it all, the sadness of being at a shelter, the hope that maybe there will be a second chance for a happily ever after.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2012
If you’re bored and want to list them in the comments please feel free. But I can’t believe how light a sentence this guy was given. a.
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