Experience Rights Science Sparrows 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2012
The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into. Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern United States with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2015
GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.*
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 27, 2013
The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from field marks, vocalizations, status and distribution to historical records and hypothetical patterns of vagrancy. The problem?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2019
The poem is on the left side of each two-page spread and a factual paragraph about the nesting process–usually brief, but sometimes fairly detailed–is located on the right side. Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page. Author Mya Thompson has a Ph.D.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. That’s right – birds eating clay. Wicked, right? It is, as the Tambopata research website says: …a unique forest environment, with the highest concentrations of avian clay licks in the world. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects to the project.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2023
I’ll still probably try again next June, as this June has been the driest and hottest in memory, and in my experience, summer rains make it much more likely that one will see the Sinaloa Martin. This female Streak-backed Oriole is the rightful nest owner. As it happens, there were no Martins to be found that day.
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2020
This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right.
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