10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2012
Birding’s Holy Grails. They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list. We pour over photographs, read with envy the eye-witness accounts of the “lucky ones” and fabricate secret plans to abandon our loved ones and embark on expensive trips to track them down. For many birders, the Pel’s Fishing Owl roosts in a lofty position on just such a list.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 7, 2012
We are so excited about this new mini-series from National Geographic! “ Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin. The first of the series premiers June 10th, 2012. In it we get to see some of the amazing places in the wild areas of North America, Central America and South America.
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Critter News
JUNE 6, 2012
This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? If you are a birder, you say “Kirtland’s Warbler!” likely scaring the poor non-birder telling you her vacation plans. Yes, the warbler formerly known as Dendroica kirtlandii , now Setophaga kirtlandii , is one of those birds that make birders’ hearts pulse quicker and their legs churn faster.
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2012
There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled in the bird world. They have been a crucial part of the culture of the islands and forests where they are found for the last 50,000 years, and were amongst the first animals of the East to make it back to Europe with the earliest Portugese and Spanish explorations.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2012
Everyone probably knows the story of how the European Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ) came to the shores of America during the 19th century, but for those who don’t, this is how it goes. The American Acclimatization Society was a group founded in New York City in 1871 dedicated to introducing European flora and fauna into North America for “both economic and cultural reasons. 1 ” By 1877 New York pharmacist Eugene Schieffelin, an avid admirer of Shakespeare, was the society’
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2012
Rik Davis was a legend. And he touched and inspired more people than many of us will ever meet. I did not know Rik and I am poorly equiped to write very much about him. But he did touch my life. For what seems like decades, I have been hearing about Pale Male and the people that have studied, loved and fought for him and his family over the years. And one of the names that was invariably brought up at the same name, was that of Rik Davis.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2012
Looking for birds means we go where the birds are. Every once in a while, when it gets quiet, I look around and marvel at the places birds have dragged me out into. Here are a few. (in the comments, please share links to any photos you’ve taken of the wonderful places birds have led you) Light blooms at dusk near Mono Lake. Common Nighthawks and Violet-green Swallows abound.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2012
I have a feeling that this summer is going to be weird. How else to interpret the sudden arrival of April showers (and temperatures) in June after already enjoying summer weather? If you’re experiencing the same wacky weather patterns, don’t fret… maybe this means we’ll get another migration! My best birds of the weekend were all part of a huge swarm of Chimney Swifts circling around what I surmise was their chimney dwelling.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2012
So, it is now officially winter! After several weeks of temperatures dropping to 10c (50f) we really feel like we are experiencing Winter here in the Tropics! A true Dry Season brings us these chilly nights and there has even been frost further north in the Kimberley, so be prepared if you are heading north! Of course we still have brilliant blue skies and 30c (86f) during the day, but the sun is setting at 5:20pm and the temperature soon drops off.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2012
Want to learn how a kid goes from reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins to being an ace birder? Read Greg Swick’s great post about his son, Nate Swick, who, well, if you don’t know who Nate is then I don’t know what you have been reading. Not 10,000 Birds, that’s for sure. Anyway, as added inducement, Greg’s post includes picture of Nate as an adolescent!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2012
A songbird was found on a flight between Taiwan and Los Angeles and authorities believed it escaped from the custody of someone trying to smuggle it. The bird was not identified to species, which is kind of frustrating. This serves as a reminder that there are always jerks out there willing to break the law to fulfill demand from other jerks who don’t understand that wild birds should be left in the wild. a.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2012
On Friday night Seth Ausubel, my frequent birding buddy, and I discussed our birding options for Saturday morning. A pretty major front was supposed to make its way over New York City in the wee hours so we decided to play it by ear and call each other early in the morning and figure out if the weather would be decent enough to go out at all and, if so, where we would go.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2012
Tired of hearing the term YOLO (You only live once) substituted for carpe diem? Like owls? Then this just might be the shirt for you ! Also, it’s made by the genius behind Questionable Content , my favorite webcomic, so there’s that too. a.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2012
I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens, the same spot I enjoyed the company of some confiding Least Sandpipers last week. I was mostly trying to get decent flight shots of flocks of the small sandpipers whenever they flushed from feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs. It’s always nice to stand on the shore and watch hordes of birds zip past though the species diversity left a little bit to be desired.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
One aspect of summer I absolutely love is the break from the routine. Obviously, that means a lot of things in a lot of contexts, but here, of course, I’m talking about birding. North of the equator, schools will be letting out for the summer and families will be packing up for adventure. Exotic locales make for exotic birding and even the most mundane territory can astound the first time visitor.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2012
Bird migration is rather mysterious. The hows and whys are still imperfectly known, the whens are variable, and the wheres have attracted speculation ranging from “under the earth” to “up to the moon” – with the most recent discovery of a North American species’ wintering grounds happening just this year. On a related note, a few of you — like my mom — may have noticed that I missed a couple of posts back there.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2012
The Department of Conservation in New Zealand is giving you, yes you , the chance to spend two days and one night raising Kakapo chicks ! Bidding is on TradeMe (New Zealand’s eBay), and the money raised will go to clearing the Antipodes Islands of introduced rats ( a story we talked about before ). So it’s win-win really. Bidding ends Sunday in New Zealand, Saturday in the US. a.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 4, 2012
Do you remember the heartwarming rescue video of Fiona the blind dog? If not, please take a little time to watch it here (have a tissue handy). The rescue group who helped Fiona, Hope for Paws, is teaming up with Planet Blue to help spread the word and raise awareness of the overwhelming population of stray dogs. Planet Blue is offering a grand prize of a $500 gift card to the person who can spread the most love to help these pups out.
Critter News
JUNE 7, 2012
This is such a sad story. A beagle rescued from a laboratory in Spain and brought to the Los Angeles has run off and his humans are trying to find him. :-(.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2012
Interesting. And another reason to appreciate birds. a.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2012
At the onset of this post, let me firmly state that I love taxonomy. I even attended taxonomy classes at university. Biogeography, speciation, splitting, lumping, all that jazz really sets my boat afloat (well, the lumping not so much). I also love bird identification. And I believe there’s a place for taxonomy, and there’s a place for bird identification.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 8, 2012
Dogs, as well as cats, are considered the most popular and delighting pets all over the world. However, sometimes it is difficult to recognize them just as pets, which preserve silence and follow their masters almost everywhere. Is it possible to observe some features of humans in their behavior? Yes, responsible and caring individuals often treat them as family members, which seems essential and adorable.
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