10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In the mean time, a family group of Black-throated Magpie-Jays were frolicking in the breeze high over the dry valley, showing off their exorbitantly long tail streamers. It did not take long before we had a family group of Tufted Jays right by the side of the road (KM 216) and an uncommon Gray-collared Becard at the same spot.

Mexico 191

Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 191

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

In a time of little published information about the rainforests of Central and South America aside from scientific journal articles and the works of 19th-century naturalists, the “little green book,” as it was called, became a must-read amongst nature-oriented travelers and researchers. is remarkable.

South America 150

South America Ecuador Reptiles America 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Today it is placed in its own monotypic genus, Oreophasis , and loosely grouped with the present day curassows and chachalacas. Horned Guan (Click for a bigger version.). Wine-throated Hummingbird.

Guatemala 163

Guatemala Mexico San Diego South America 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. A bite from an army ant can really pack a punch; I speak from experience. If you are lucky, you will find an ant swarm before they find you, which is a preferable method for sure.

San Diego 186

San Diego South America Costa Rica America 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2017

We might not get the variety of a New Jersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. Most of them fly on the Caribbean side, especially along the coast south of Limon, and that’s why I guided the Birding Club of Costa Rica down that way this past weekend.

Costa Rica 157

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Farming 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

The Dry Tortugas National Park is located some 70 miles off of Key West in a small group of keys that makes up the farthest points included in the state of Florida, so it was no surprise that we had a four hour boat ride ahead of us before landing in the park. Banding is best done in teams split into three, potentially four groups.

Birds 177

Birds Florida Groups Breeding 177

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) ffrench’s descriptions are delightfully uneven, reflecting his personal experiences with the birds, his research, and his personality.

Trinidad 194

Trinidad Birds South America Research 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2011

” Bill shape and systematics For a long time, the colorful, diverse, and species-rich group of primarily New World birds called nine-primaried oscines (about 10 percent of all living bird species) were classified largely by the shapes and sizes of their bills. These are neither sparrows, nor finches, but tanagers.

2003 210

2003 Sparrows Family South America 210

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.

America 228

America Industry Squirrels Birds 228

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Each chapter focuses on a specific geographic area of penguin population: (1) Antarctica, (2) South Georgia, (3) Falkland Islands, (4) South Africa and Tristan de Cunha, (5) New Zealand and Australia, (6) South America and Galapagos. © Otto Plantema, used with permission. © Otto Plantema, used with permission.

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

and Canada, and winter in Mexico, or breed in Mexico, and winter in Central and South America. But those birds often appeared singly or in pairs in our suburban garden, while Transvolcanic Jays can only be found in unpopulated pine-oak forests, where they fly in groups of a half-dozen or more.

Mexico 156

Mexico Birds South America Turkey 156

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

The second thing to note is that this is an excellent and courageous book that tackles a group of birds whose field identification has stumped the most skilled birders. The book expands field guide boundaries with its narrow focus on two genera (groups) with a bonus Tufted Flycatcher thrown in for good measure. known-identity).”**

Los Angeles 209

Los Angeles North America America Species 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. One field guide, seven countries. SPECIES ACCOUNTS–TEXT.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

It confirms many of the once-radical notions put forward or refined by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues in 2008, and several since, and it proposes solutions to some of the most deeply unresolved questions about how major bird groups are related to each other. ( “Metaves” was purported to contain the groups in Jarvis et al.’s

Family 279

Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Introductory pages for each group summarize the subgroups (suborder pages summarize the families, family pages summarize the genera), describing where these particular turtles are most likely to be found and their shared anatomical features and behavioral characteristics. Lovich and Whit Gibbons. On the positive side, authors Jeffrey E.

Turtles 196

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 196

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2020

For those of us with the great good fortune to bird in Latin America, or other less-studied biological regions, my experience suggests that we are much more likely to benefit from the new species created by such splits. I continue to hope that history will someday repeat itself with the House Wren group.

San Diego 175

San Diego San Francisco Mexico Baltimore 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

While the jays did catch our attention by way of a smart crest and different shades of blue and gray punctuated by a black necklace and mascara, they were part of our common natural experience, their existence was taken for granted. This species also tends to forage in pairs or small family groups. Want to see toucans in Costa Rica?

Costa Rica 174

Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. The shearwaters make good subjects for homing experiments. As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself.

United Kingdom 160

United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandon 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Approximately 2,300 bird species inhabit Africa, however as impressive as that sounds, much smaller South America boasts nearly 1,000 species more. I cannot but admit that South America is the “bird continent” but as Peter Kaestner, one of the world’s top listers, so eloquently put it, Africa is nevertheless the “birding continent”.

Papua New Guinea 218

Papua New Guinea Madagascar Africa Equatorial Guinea 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

Where did the Coney Island Gray-hooded Gull come from, Africa or South America? I kept wishing I had Rare Birds of North America , by Steve N. Within many of these groups, species are further divided into Old World and New World categories. What year was the Red-footed Falcon seen in Massachusetts? This can be confusing.

North America 252

North America America Birds United States 252

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 Species Accounts vary in length from one to three pages.

Woodpeckers 241

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2019

The Great Black Hawk – a species with a native range in Mexico to South America – had been spotted in this park for weeks, but not every day. A small group created a semicircle around a bare tree branch, brandishing some of the largest, longest camera lenses I’ve ever seen. Great Black Hawk in Portland Maine.

Rescue 127

Rescue Portland Squirrels Deer 127