10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Knowing that female birds sing presents a challenge to signaling theory, in which it’s assumed that male songbirds send the signal and female songbirds receive it. Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. And, that’s it.

North America 278

North America Research Birds Groups 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2013

Once again Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is fast approaching in Broome and we can expect the first batch of eggs to be laid within the next few weeks. We have also discovered that they are very rarely successful with the first eggs laid due to predation of either the eggs or the chicks.

Eggs 170

Eggs Breeding Australia Raised 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

One could have been just another cat-triggered tragedy ( keep your cats indoors ) turned into an unforgettable experience… My wife and I (retired) had a truly wonderful experience at the end of 2011 when our cat brought in a newly hatched Dikkop. A very special experience!! We raised this little fella to a young adult.

Senegal 209

Senegal Cats South Africa Experience 209

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Margaret A.

America 224

America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.

Research 215

Research Birds Science Costa Rica 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2015

Excellent 10,000 Birds posts have been written about Pico Bonito and Honduras by Corey and Carlos , so I’m going to focus on some of my most memorable experiences. Double-striped Thick-Knee nests are shallow depressions in the ground, with a typical clutch of two eggs. Which is why seeing them was such a great experience.

Honduras 244

Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Around 100,000 of these terns breed on almost every available space on the island, and walking through groups of them is a deafening and quite painful experience. This one found a ledge on one of the buildings a suitable place to lay an egg, a location which is positively decadent for the species. Look at all that room!

Hawaii 172

Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

Now, dont get me wrong, there have been some nice birds, and locations in between, but these two experiences are just so hard to put out of my mind. I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. Here is just a small portion of one wall, covered by Guillemots.

Puffins 100

Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

Delaware 177

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? And, what about that female Emperor Penguin, who disappears for two months after handing her one egg over to her mate? Technology to the rescue! Speaking of back-of-the-book materials, there is no bibliography.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. photo by Lynn C. Jackson, 2012.

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

Owls 203

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

Animal Person

OCTOBER 18, 2009

It's humbling to experience all of this for the first time in my nearly 43 years, from the showering in the morning and donning fancy clothes and make up, to commuting with thousands of my closest friends, to having to hire people to walk my dogs and spend time with them because I'm not home during the day.

Vegan 100

Vegan Morals Chickens Animal 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I photographed this Guianan Cock-of-the-rock at a lek site near Surama, deep in the rainforest zone of Guyana, and my incredible experience with Andean Cock-of-the-rocks was at a display lek on the edge of the town of Jardin, in the coffee-belt of Colombia, both just incredible birds that make the heart soar with joy!

2011 177

2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Changes in Pennsylvania’s forests, farmlands, wetlands, and grasslands are traced from the time of the first European settlers, when forest predominated, to the present period, with 11 percent of the state developed, some wetland loss, some wetland gain, and the danger of pollution in riparian habitats.

Pennsylvania 222

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Currently, that includes leading “Birds and Art” tours for VENT, editing the book review section of ABA’s Birding magazine, presenting at festivals and bird clubs, plus writing maybe the most erudite birding blog around, Birding New Jersey (it’s more than New Jersey). in German, and a Labrador Retriever named Gellert.

North America 143

North America Sparrows America United States 143

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

One Oriental Pratincole of them was courageously raising its wings when I unknowingly drove towards its eggs – I reversed, but I am not so sure about the next person using that road … Being yelled at by the chick of an Oriental Pratincole. In contrast, the Common Terns present look much more elegant. The birding life.

Birds 207

Birds Uganda Breeding Rats 207

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2022

In spite of their many species (migratory Blue-winged, Green-winged, and Cinnamon Teals, Northern Shovelers and Northern Pintails, American Wigeons and Gadwalls ; as well as resident Mexican and Ruddy Ducks ), the winter ducks of Lake Cuitzeo do not present great identification challenges. Was it practicing?

Falcons 178

Falcons Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Gorman’s personal field experience informs much of the text and his total grasp of the field means he relates one research finding to another with narrative ease. I do wish that Gorman included more of his personal experiences and stories in the natural history tradition of ornithologists like Alexander Skutch.

Woodpeckers 227

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 227

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Lovich and Whit Gibbons bring decades of research and experience to this book. On the positive side, authors Jeffrey E.

Turtles 191

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 191

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Illustrations were created using diverse visual and physical source materials–skin collections from Australian museums and a database of over 300,000 photographs (plus, of course, the artists’ years of field experience). Some offer nest information, egg information, breeding timeline, in flight views, etc.

Australia 106

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

So sorry, but this is a necessary part of our thought experiment!) Let’s do another thought experiment. First, I set the dial to produce the kind of high energy radioactive radiation stuff that would be emitted by an atomic bomb, and calibrate it to dose you (sorry, but this is necessary for our thought experiment!)

Mammals 227

Mammals Birds Fish Cooking 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. The where and how of egg laying and larva emergence is briefly treated, with page references to larval drawings at the back of the book. The Behaviour paragraph includes flight pattern and mating habits.

Ireland 169

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2011

To describe his life as one filled with achievement is a major understatement, and what I present is a brief summary. The experience was to prove critical the following year when introduced rats reached crisis levels on the remaining island of the South Island Saddleback. It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding.

Species 220

Species New Zealand Rats Endangered Species 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

To research this book, he traveled extensively to see as many woodpeckers as he could; this field experience was supplemented with museum research and consultations with other experts, plus a library of print material ranging from field guides to scientific papers.

Woodpeckers 237

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 237