10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
I’m to the point that I wish all the Snowy Owls in the US this winter would head back north. There’s been some confusing info because Project SNOWStorm also captured and put a transmitter on a first winter female Snowy Owl around the same time in the same area. As Tracey Ullman said at the end of her show, “Go home!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2013
An Imposing Great Gray Owl, by Carlos Sanchez. Great Gray Owl , Northern Hawk Owl , Snowy Owl – this trinity captures the imagination of most birders with their imposing presence, unique adaptations, and beauty as among the most desired species of bird to see in the world.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
The conversational writing style is punctuated by lists (Things to Consider When Going on a Bird Walk) and Tips to Remember (for finding waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds, gulls, owls, perching birds). Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. The book starts with “Why Birds?”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
Passenger Pigeon chick in aviary, 1896, photographer’s identification uncertain, photo now property of the Historical Society of Wisconsin, p. Laughing Owl, 1909, New Zealand, photo taken by Cuthbert and Oliver Parr, pp. Their photos are the only known ones taken of the owl in the wild. And, they are fascinating.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2012
Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. The usual understanding of why irruptions of birds – from Red-breasted Nuthatches to Snowy Owls – occurs is that there is a shortage of food. Birders are delighted by Snowy Owls. Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley?
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