10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The lengthy Introduction gives both a personal history and a global history of birds and art, including brief profiles of John James Audubon and the far lesser known Genevieve Estelle Jones, who conceived of a book eventually called Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio in the late 19th century.

Birds 143

Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 143

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. White-backed Woodpecker – Dendrocopos leucotos. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker – Celeus castaneus. Blond-crested Woodpecker – Celeus flavescens. Hostel Casa Sarapiqui. 21 Oct 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

A line plotted against the law of diminishing returns describes an increasingly downward curve and a lister’s life is destined to follow that decline. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 13 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Sacramento 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

The law of diminishing returns brings the inevitability of repeat sightings and has checked the momentum of the combined beats’ list for June. Big Egg Marsh. Gila Woodpecker – Melanerpes uropygialis. Ladder-backed Woodpecker – Picoides scalaris. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Golden-tailed Woodpecker shares something with the German flag – it is called golden-tailed even though to me the color of its tail is yellow, not golden. For the German flag, the “Grundgesetz” (the German basic law) states that the color of the national flag is black-red-gold. Red-billed Firefinch.

South Africa 179

South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. Even with today’s environmental laws, we are losing species at an alarming rate, and with Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary it’s no wonder. A newly created U.S. Well, except maybe you.

Hunting 108

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 108