10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. This is a book that requires attention.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2011
He goes on to describe how early classifications of the nine-primaried oscines relied on bill shape to determine family boundaries. A new perspective on tanagers Much of the core of the tanager family remains intact. Iconic and amazing Galápagos finches, some of which even learned how to use tools.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
The chapter on “Capturing Bird Behavior” (my favorite) gives detailed examples of behavior cues and sound cues to look and listen for in anticipation of interesting preening, courtship, and family behavior. In other words, if you value this type of bird photography, it is most probably worth it. The last two chapters point us to the future.
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.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2017
’ They are challenging to find, frustrating to photograph, and the antbird experience often includes heat and humidity, mud and bugs. They are members of the Parulidae family and Horneros are members of the Furnariidae family, a nice example of parallel evolution.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 3, 2009
For the series, we profile twelve families dealing with a broad range of real-life kitty concerns in an effort to relate to as many cat owners as possible. The site also provides show information, bios on the families and episode air dates.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.
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