10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
'The first time I saw a puffin, it was a revelation. I’d seen pictures of them, of course – the stocky, flamboyantly-beaked little seabirds who always seem to be wearing expressions of sympathetic concern – but I’d never seen one “in bird” (the avian equivalent of “in person”). I was returning from Rockport, Maine, having retrieved my daughter Skye and her friend Bau-Hien from a photography workshop.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2014
'Birds have no boobs. Although it might look like they could have a pair or two lurking beneath all those chest feathers, they actually don’t. Birds hatch out of eggs, like some species of snakes, who also have no boobs, although with a snake the fact is more readily apparent. While snakes protect their eggs, and may protect their young for a short period of time after they hatch, baby snakes are very soon on their own.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
'Bird Navigation is an amazing, mysterious thing. For years, birds have outsmarted scientists over this issue, mainly I think because people looking into navigation originally made the incorrect assumption that birds are birds and there is a navigational method that they use. However, we now understand that birds vary in how they navigate, and many if not all bird species use multiple approaches to navigation.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2014
'The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) entitled “ BANKING ON NATURE: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation 1 , ” recreational visits to national wildlife refuges generate substantial economic activ
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10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2014
'We birders seem to keep our own arcane calendar, with weeks and months symbolized not by numbers but rather by avian avatars. Each phenological totem evokes the confluence of time, climate, and geography that tells a richer story of a place than simply its position relative to the sun. Most North American birders I know would definitely represent the month of May with a bright and sprightly wood-warbler, though the argument about which bird would best serve would be epic indeed.
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2014
'This spring I have probably had more in-your-face wood-warblers than I have ever had before. I am not sure exactly why but I am certainly not complaining. Unfortunately for you, I have gathered up some of the images of these birds, cropped out superfluous parts like faces, legs, and most of the easy field marks. Why? Because it is time for another diabolical identification quiz, in this case, the DIABOLICAL EXTREME CLOSE-UPS OF WOOD-WARBLERS QUIZ!
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10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2014
'Earlier this month I had stopped at Forest Park for a quick, late-morning, visit as we birders in Queens tend to do, especially in May, and was impressed by the diversity and number of birds singing. This was before full leaf-out, especially on the taller trees, so many birds were feeding low to the ground and the understory was not as thick as it would be even a week later.
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
'Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder. They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Like so many trips this one is more about the journey than the destination which brings us to why they have a guest post (hopefully the first of several) on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2014
'In spring migration most of the attention that birders pay to birds is given to males. There are two basic reasons for this. First, male birds sing. The singing, of course, draws attention to the males, which, considering that song is used to attract mates and to defend territory, is kind of the point. Second, male birds, with a few notable exceptions, have much more showy plumage.
10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2014
'The Great Bowerbirds around Broome have been busy reconstructing their bowers. These stick constructions are designed to attract female birds and several male birds will work together on the construction. They will surround the bower and the central area with a variety of objects and the objects vary greatly depending on the location. Once you know the location of a bower you can return year after year and discover the new location close by.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2014
'When they say that you can’t go home again, the proverbial They are usually talking about the fact that people change. Maybe you’ve changed; maybe it’s others. The landscape changes too: buildings get smaller, vistas are altered, developments go up or abandoned shopping malls fall down. But in listing the dangers of creeping nostalgia, to the best of my knowledge no one has ever mentioned what happens when the birds change.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2014
'I love babblers, and whether you treat them as a single family or several (and I understand the jury keeps getting called back on that one), its a hard family not to like. It’s perhaps an easy one for many people to overlook, since they don’t occur in Europe or the Americas, but visit a patch of forerst or bush in Asia or Africa and there should be one or two species around.
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