10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. There is a wealth of information about these marvelous creatures, given via prose essays, and charts, and tables – it’s all quite user-friendly. ” Her book is both informative and fun, a good read.

Sri Lanka 218

Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 218

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. The speaker turned out to be Tim Laman, and the topic was the incredible research he and Ed Scholes had spent years doing on birds of paradise in New Guinea. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically.

Guinea 261

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 261

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

So armed with some knowledge from the “ Access Considerations for Birding Locations ” page on the Birdability website and some research, I twice visited the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge near Portland, Oregon with accessibility in mind. Thus, there is a good amount of online information for planning purposes.

Portland 185

Portland Oregon Laws Experience 185

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

He also believes that we are living in an era of incredible scientific research, one in which new genetic technology and findings from diverse scientific disciplines have turned assumptions upside down, opened up new lines of thought, and provided answers, or at least probable answers, to many of our questions about why birds do the things they do.

Science 206

Science Albatross Research Birds 206

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There’s more, so much more, in this highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description of bird behavior. He aims to bring together all ornithological and ecological research on birds and winter the world over–not just in areas covered by snow–and summarize the findings in non-scientific language.

Research 166

Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. Is all that material on Selkirk needed?

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” I don’t think scientific artwork holds less value when used more than once.

Costa Rica 206

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 206

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. Back then species information was divided into three parts: plates, text descriptions, and distribution maps. Other families are more complicated and these introductory sections are correspondingly longer and amazingly more detailed. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

Albatross 278

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. The text is divided into three parts, informational stories or ‘essays’ as Sibley calls them. How are they different?

2020 263

2020 Birds Groups North America 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

North America 203

North America Birds Owls Canada 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

With nine years of experience using it and birding with beginning birders, I would like to update that opinion. This is, in a way, no surprise since it was designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. I got all that information from six tiny icons.

United States 206

United States North America Species 2013 206

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

.” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive.

Albatross 151

Albatross North America Birds Groups 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

Wildlife Rehabilitation 249

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 249

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years. More is known about some woodpecker species than others, and Gorman points out cases where additional research is particularly needed.

Woodpeckers 236

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 236

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. But now there is some research on that. Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle. Apparently.

Humane 202

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

This may be before the Fairy-Wrens developed the ability to detect Cuckoo young in the nest, an ability recently described by ornithologists, or this family may be one of the 60% who don’t detect Cuckoo chicks. It’s a clunky system that only works IF you know the full name of the bird you are researching. 168-168).

Australia 180

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 180

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

That piece of information, along with many others, comes from Kroodsma’a new book, Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist : Your Guide to Listening — and you have to love the “nearly.” And that’s part of the point of the book, and its charm – how much there is still to be discovered in the realm of birdsong.

Virginia 236

Virginia Boston North America 2020 236

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

So this new research is very interesting, and we applaud the scientists for their work. These researchers carried out two different major efforts that in combination advance our understanding of the evolution of the bird beak. See: Four Wings Good Two Wings Better? So how did beaks evolve? Except, really, that hasn’t happened either.

Alligators 209

Alligators Chickens Research Birds 209

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The authors emphasize in the Introduction the great degree to which the text and illustrations are based on current scientific information. Within each group, birds in the same family are grouped together and birds in the same genus “usually occur consecutively.” 210-531), indicated by brown page tabs.

Australia 106

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book.

North America 143

North America Sparrows America United States 143

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The archipelago consists of 17,000 islands stretching out over 2500 miles along the Equator with a varied history of avian research and study, most on the under- or not-studied side. And, then there was the question of taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago? Species Accounts.

Indonesia 122

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 122

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

An array of tools ranging from geolocators to satellite trackers to depth measurers to miniature cameras have been employed by ornithologists and biologists over the past twenty years, yielding scads of information. The book becomes most engaging when Brooke tells stories based on his or his colleagues’ experience.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Detailed information is given for physical description and coloration, size and weight, voice (including contact and courtship calls, juvenile whistles, and various grunts), population and distribution, breeding (habitat, social aspects, courtship, nest, laying, incubation, chick rearing, fledging), food, and principal threats.

Penguins 193

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. It is not a field guide, though it offers a wealth of information about field identification. There is GISS and there is Birding by Impression and they are not the same.

Birds 168

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 168

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)

Trinidad 190

Trinidad Birds South America Research 190

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family. All Americans Should be Full Members of the ABA Family. SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. But even with Hawaii, there are many U.S.

Puerto Rico 148

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 148

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.”

Birds 207

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 207

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. When writing posts like this one, I am always looking for bits and interesting information. In conclusion, an experience that will put me off buying anything from that company ever.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

But, not a lot of information about how this national passion (52.8 I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. million people in the U.S.

America 224

America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

The videos and talks have wet our appetites for a book that promises to be visually exciting and fun to use, designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. I got all that information from six tiny icons.

United States 232

United States North America Species New York 232

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

New York City 144

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 144

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

Of course, almost none of these questions are asked directly but carefully gleaned by weaving the conversation along in a totally friendly manner, trying to make sure you have all the information necessary to make your client have an unforgettable experience at Cristalino. ” I would usually ask.

Otters 160

Otters Parrots Birds Brazil 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Readers are referred to articles from the bibliography for more information. And, they are simply beautiful.

America 212

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 212

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. The book is fairly large (10.4

Ducks 227

Ducks Groups Species North America 227

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is a lovely, well-packaged, informative guide, created with thought and creativity. Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO).

Cuba 225

Cuba Birds United States 2000 225

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

I know from experience how accessible Dennis is, last year he helped me identify a damselfly I photographed in Costa Rica (Argia anceps, no common name). Species accounts are organized by family; Broad-winged, Spreadwing, and Pond for damselflies and Petaltail, Darner, Clubtail, Spiketail, Cruiser, Emerald, and Skmmer for Dragonflies.

United States 227

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 227