10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. It’s not always easy reading.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

Chris’s recent New York Times article, “ Three Years After a Fateful Day in Central Park, Birding Continues to Change My Life ,” adapted from this book, encapsulates that essence. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. It is not what I expected, totally.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group. You can read more about the study at The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times , among others. And get angry and take action.

Species 178

Species Science Los Angeles Birds 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bird communication is a complex and evolving science. Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. There is always more to learn, more to explore, and it appears that in some areas we are just starting to know what we don’t know (female bird song!).

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North America Research Birds Groups 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Prum, or at the very least heard about it The book was published last spring (the paperback version is due out in spring 2018), and articles based on book chapters were been published in The New York Times , National Geographic, and Natural History. If you haven’t read The Evolution of Beauty , I suggest you dip into it.

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Ducks Research Animal Stud 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Looking at the staccato-like entries of my field notes one last time I am aware that my tiny contribution during these two weeks is extraordinarily minute compared to the months and years of dedication many here have contributed. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255