10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2013

The idea is that by engaging these communities, people would not only take pride and protect these sites, but also will see them as potential sources of revenue as visitors pay small entrance fees and spend money hiring services and purchasing goods from these communities. Little did we know we came in second to the last team.

Peru 258

Peru Birds South Africa United Kingdom 258

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

In July 2013, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held a meeting in Bremerhaven in Germany, to decide whether to turn the Ross Sea into a marine protected area. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. Finally – the Seabirds. Now you know.

Russia 172

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. If you are an organization wanting to add your support, check out our “Organizations In Support” page and fill out the form at the bottom of that page.

Ducks 219

Ducks Wildlife Hunting Fish 219

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S. The Pankhursts and their organization were not interested in saving birds; they saw the SPB mission as a distraction. and the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act of 1921 in Great Britain).

Industry 119

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 119

Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Her death on an operating table in the Bronx would help animal welfare advocates break a long-standing stalemate in Congress and push through the most significant animal-protection bill in American history. Was what followed animal protection or pet protection, as pets are the animals who really matter? Stay tuned.

Research 100

Research Biomedical Research Science Animal Protection 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

a shy Yellow-billed Cuckoo But my real Magee Marsh boardwalk experience was to wait until early Sunday morning, the final day of the Midwest Birding Symposium. I wonder if there is some kind of organized birding activity at that point ? many European Starlings I can’t wait for my next visit to Magee Marsh. Maybe spring of 2012?

Ohio 179

Ohio Birds 2013 Massachusetts 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

With a name like Santiago, I wouldn’t be surprised if his mom lives in Mexico…Sorry, but the TSA is one of my least favorite government organizations. The TSA is my least favorite government organization, but what is that crack about the mother of the accused all about? I’ve had stuff stolen before. you guessed it.

Laws 233

Laws Colorado America Kazakhstan 233

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar. The book’s organization reflects the authors’ goal of making this a guide accessible to birders of all levels and skill.

Ireland 143

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Carlos Sanchez, who designed, organized, and led our bucket-list trip, warned me, and Carlos knows Brazil. ’ They are challenging to find, frustrating to photograph, and the antbird experience often includes heat and humidity, mud and bugs. Oh my gosh! 1,712 species, 12% of which are endemics. Let’s go!”

Brazil 149

Brazil Birds Los Angeles Tigers 149

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. One thing did bother me. Wait, let’s backtrack a bit.

South Africa 253

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Kristof describes “happy” cows that are loved “like children” by an organic dairy farmer. I applaud his recognition that cows are individual feeling beings that share with us the ability to experience happiness and contentment, fear and pain. To the Editor: In “ Where Cows Are Happy and Food Is Healthy ” (column, Sept. 9), Nicholas D.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Ethical Treatment Cows 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Many birders keep personal birding lists or life lists, documenting the species they have seen throughout their birding experiences. The concept of a big year gained significant attention through books, such as “The Big Year” by Mark Obmascik, which chronicled the experiences of birders participating in competitive big years.

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Hopefully, one of the consequences of increased nature tourism in Cuba will be a heightened awareness of the fragility of these birds’ existence and increased support for their study and protection. He leads the Wildlife Art Working Group of BirdsCaribbean , and contributes his art to conservation organizations for fundraising.

Cuba 230

Cuba Birds United States 2000 230

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.

Cyprus 251

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 251

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Perhaps it’s because the topic is so huge, it’s difficult to comprehend in a systematic way. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

Birds 213

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”

Delaware 179

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 179

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Much of Wingate’s professional life revolved around his grand plan to create a “living museum” of pre-colonial Bermuda flora and fauna on Nonsuch Island, a habitat where the cahows would be protected and supported. These are magical experiences. The fate of the Bermuda Petrel, the cahow, is still in question.

Birds 167

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Barbados The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. Oh, Yeah, I’m Going to Ecuador! The proposal from U.S.

Portugal 172

Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Yes, field guides to other groups of organisms, as there’s hardly any room left in your baggage or the energy to carry it. I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

Madagascar 242

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Lakes, lightning, locusts and lizards Great Birding Sites From Great Birding Bloggers Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Birding Kuwait The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas.

Dominican Republic 185

Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Four chapters are organized by the movements of the Empire Penguin: commuter journey (going out to feed and bringing food back to chicks), fledging journey, pre-molt journey, post-molt journey. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

Penguins 156

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 156

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The book is organized logically by seasonality. These complexities multiply when describing the winter (and pre-winter and post-winter) lives of more than one, in this case, any and all species that have been studied for their migratory, winter feeding and protective movements, or any related behavior.

Research 169

Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. It is also a story about conservation: the danger hummingbirds have always been in from all sides, natural and human-made, and the ways in which individuals, community groups, and larger organizations are working to protect them.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization's own report entitled Livestock's Long Shadow : "The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. I shall endeavor to protect and take care of all living creatures.

Lacto-Ovo 40

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The Jewel Hunter is heavily laced with Gooddie’s particular brand of broad ironic humor, and I did enjoy that, but I would have traded about 10 percent for a little more insight into the unexpected outcomes of his experience. Overall, I think 10,000 Birds readers would reading enjoy The Jewel Hunter. This is a travel adventure book.

Hunters 192

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Hiking For The Heck of It Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required Welcome Wednesday: Musings on a Big Year About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. The proposal from U.S.

Panama 205

Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 205

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. Yes, just imagine a luxurious birding lodge, with all the amenities, easy to get to, great birding and gourmet farm to table meals from our organic garden.

Colombia 215

Colombia 2019 Industry 2009 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2018

Yet, it takes great logistical effort to organize the census all the way from Germany to Austria, Hungary and Serbia in the same day, to count on numerous volunteers and hope for the best February weather. Yet, David, who has much more experience with bustards, isn’t convinced: “In winter, some females develop bristles, too.”.

Hungary 145

Hungary Serbia Austria Eggs 145

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Breast-feeding is so nutritionally superior for human infants that the World Health Organization recommends that infants be exclusively breast fed for the first six months of life and the American Academy of Pediatrics now urges mothers to nurse for at least a year and maintains that nursing up to three years is healthy.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

The experience was one a long time in the waiting ever since I skipped over the highlands of Chiapas with a flight from the Yucatan to Costa Rica so many years ago. In Guatemala, frequent speed bumps made for slow drives, and access was limited to large private farms and one or two protected areas.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Guatemala Birds Nicaragua 115

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

The book is produced by WILDGuides, a nonprofit publishing organization that joined forces with Princeton University Press last year to create the Princeton WILDGuides imprint. Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides.

Ireland 172

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 172