10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. The essays also touch on conservation, though less that the amount I would have assumed would be in a book that is part of an “Earth Day” series. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)

Chicago 188

Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

It is, as the Tambopata research website says: …a unique forest environment, with the highest concentrations of avian clay licks in the world. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2016

In the northern hemisphere, the combination of migrants, resident species, and higher frequency of bird song makes it much easier to identify more birds, compared to say, August, so if you want to get really crazy and go for a Big Day record, spring is the time to go for it. They got all three potoo species in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Birds Species 100