10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s presented here from a different perspective, both more personal and more scientific (those footnotes!). Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation. ” And within these chapters are three marvelous stories told by Sophie A.

California Condor 171

California Condor Falcons California Birds 171

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. Baicich, Margaret A.

America 224

America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. Egyptian Vultures raised is isolation used rocks to crack eggs presented to them. The behavior was inherent.

Fish 163

Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. and three of the nine woodpeckers illustrated.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 249

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 249

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? This is essentially a survey of ornithological marine research told in the voice of one of its most passionate and experienced participants. Technology to the rescue!

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

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

JUNE 1, 2021

I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. The only exception is the Conservation section, which presents keys for the conservation icons. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. These are all informative and current.

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. Previously, even researchers had problems getting access to nesting Kirtland’s Warblers. photo by Lynn C. Jackson, 2012.

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

Owls 203

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research. At present there may be three reasonable hypotheses to explain this. Fossils of a giant extinct penguin, Inkayacu paracasensis were found a while back in Peru.

Penguins 189

Penguins Seals Peru Science 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Most importantly, let us remember that the effects of the spill are still being felt and the BP Oil Spill timeline continues until the present and into the future. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests.

2010 228

2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 228

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Using ministerial connections he obtained 100 mallard eggs from the US and began to breed and distribute them. A PhD student was presenting her research into the population in Westland, the relic population of Grey Duck. Female Mallard, photo by Corey. There the matter may have remained, but for a gentleman named Cecil Whitney.

Species 165

Species New Zealand Ducks Game 165

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.

North America 143

North America Sparrows America United States 143

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. A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State.

Pennsylvania 222

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Genyornis newtoni lived in Australia, and recent research suggests that humans may have played a role in the extinction of this dinosaur laughingly called a bird, about 40,000 years ago. The evidence consists of clusters of egg shells that are burned in a way the scientists suggest most likely done by humans. ka, and likely before 47?ka.

Humane 167

Humane Killing Australia Eggs 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

’ Gorman has read and distilled probably every research study ever written about Wrynecks or related to them; my quick count of the citations in the 16-page References section came to 295. and the rural Austrian folk name natterzunge or ‘adder tongue.’ Practically every sentence is documented with these studies.

Woodpeckers 227

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

“A reading of recent research shows that Australian birds are more likely than most to eat sweet foods, live in complex societies, lead long lives, attack other birds, and be intelligent and loud.” When I publicly present bird photos, I sometimes play the call of the bird and ask what they think it is.

Birds 220

Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 220

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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It turns out that there are new things that can be learned about extinct birds, and that even if the conclusion is obvious–the bird is gone, there is no time machine and we can’t change that–the way in which it is presented can differ as well. How many eggs did a pigeon lay? They are from a series called Aviary.

2014 159

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. The Harrison guides are out of print.

Eggs 222

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. That presumption may be wrong but I don’t think it matters for the present use of the data.) But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison.

Mammals 173

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The reasons are twofold–the rapidly changing taxonomic playing field and the obstacles these changes present to users. Pretty much the same reasons presented so eloquently by Jochen in his classic post “Keep Your Taxonomy Out of My Field Guide”–Revisited.). 210-531), indicated by brown page tabs.

Australia 106

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No, Like birds. Don’t let the university press imprint deceive you.

Mongolia 179

Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2019

Species Accounts vary greatly in length, from nine pages for Undulated Antpitta to two pages for Alta Floresta Antpitta, length depending not only on how much we know about the bird but also Greeney’s tendency to thoroughly discuss, even argue, any kind of confusion in documentation, taxonomy, or research results.

Research 137

Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 137

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

In any case, if the song is to be believed, the proper gift for the first day of Christmas is a partridge – and the Red-legged Partridge featured on the label of the Portuguese wine Quinta do Vale da Perdiz Cistus Reserva Douro presents a decidedly more practical option for following this gift-giving tradition. Donna). ==. Tristan). ==.

Birds 240

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Of course, the paper ends with the usual thinly disguised request for more research grants: “This sharing behavior could indicate a high level of social awareness and prosociality that should be further investigated. At the moment, at least on Chongming island both species are present. Some delegates. The obligatory group photo.

Finland 147

Finland Birds 2016 McDonalds 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Are these the paper mills one occasionally reads about in relation to Chinese research papers?

Woodpeckers 201

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 201

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. The taxonomy is tricky, as Gorman notes in the introduction.

Woodpeckers 237

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 237