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?

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 180

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. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.

Michigan 231

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary was an amazing and unexpected treat, but that’s because I failed to do my research. It’s only 15 minutes north of High Island, though in neighboring Chambers County (High Island is part of Galveston County, good to know if you’re going to be researching eBird checklists).

Houston 214

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. (2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 197

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. of Nevada Press, 2007) features a cover by David Sibley. of New Mexico Press, 2005). Images courtesy of Pennsylvania State University Press.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Creatures that crawled, or worse, slithered, would lie in the bottoms, pressed into shade and invisibility. That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. This wasn’t a place for the inexperienced.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 181

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?

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 214

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As we know from the French documentary La Marche de l’Empereur ( March of the Penguins) , the females skedaddle from the breeding colony once she produces an egg, leaving the egg to be incubated by the males, who fast for 120 days while keeping the egg in a flap of their feet. (I

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Penguins Seals Leopards Research 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

And, in a very lovely section in the middle of the book, she describes the life cycle of the cahow, informing evocative passages about their nocturnal courtship and flight with recent research findings about how seabirds are able to function—eat, sleep, navigate home. These are magical experiences. Beacon Press, 2012.

Birds 168

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. And, the 1996 volume includes information on nests and eggs, a topic not covered by the Peterson guide. He has an academic background in German and medieval studies, including a Ph.D.

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North America Sparrows America United States 149

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

He draws on his personal experiences to inform the history, geography, and especially the travel option sections. A lot of his travel experiences involved camping and independent travel on small sailing yachts, and if this is your preferred mode of travel this book will be particularly useful. Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

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. Press, 2009). Geological Survey.

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 200

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Like many odenate enthusiasts, I was excited when I heard that Dennis Paulson’s field guide, Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East , was finally being published by Princeton University Press. A longer reference list that includes scientific articles can be downloaded from the Princeton University Press web site.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 234

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.

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Australia Birds Penguins 2015 107

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Take a look at this little Blue Tit and admit that you have never seen a more pathetic picture of a bird that combines the colours blue, yellow, green, white, and black in the most marvellous way you have ever seen: Recent research has shown that Leonardo da Vinci showed a Blue Tit to his model while he painted the smile on “Mona Lisa&#.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 163