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.* I like Birding by Impression.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating. Mentorship is an essential part of the birding experience, and it needs to be encouraged. Le Conte’s Sparrow!”

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Zamorano University may be regarded as one of the crown jewels of Latin American higher education, particularly in the areas of agriculture, environmental management, and food science, but this idyllic campus excels for more reasons than simply academics. Zamorano happens to be incredibly birdy.

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Honduras Birds Kentucky Research 131

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The citizen science aspect is a big hit with many users, and eBirding areas with little existing data can be fun as well. Flying around in an airplane or taking a sprawling roadtrip is absolutely the exact opposite of “green” birding, but as a bird junkie, you gotta get around if you want to experience new places and new things.

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Birds Portland Oregon 2015 195

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page. The birds are instantly recognizable to anyone who’s birded New York City: Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, American Robin, House Sparrow, European Starling.

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 142

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. Two weeks later, it was a young math and science teacher from Oregon named Brent who asked me to take him with me.

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Mexico Oregon Squirrels Science 144

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. The thousands of hours of observations that have been added up over the years would not have been possible without the help of the many volunteers and assistants who have offered their time and energy in the cause of science and conservation.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

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. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 262

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. The list of most-threatened birds continues; all of these birds could lose more than 99 percent of their current range in at least one season by 2080: Baird’s Sparrow. … Conservation Audubon endangered species Extinction Week longspurs science'

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2018

While some people never overcome this vestigial aversion to sour and bitter sensations, this innate prejudice can be overturned with experience, becoming acquired tastes we learn to enjoy just as much as the more dependable, uncomplicated pleasures of sweetness, salt, and fat. Your move, Budweiser.).

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Collecting St. Louis Dogs Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

Gulls and sparrows are tough but manageable; Empids may require DNA analysis (as it actually did in the case of the non-vocalizing Western Flycatcher seen in Central Park, NYC in November 2015). .” Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston.

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Los Angeles North America America Species 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. They are also raised commercially for meat and eggs, as described in that beacon of ornithological knowledge, the World’s Poultry Science Journal. Thank god that this does not apply to humans. They can also learn phonetic categories ( source ). Not this one though.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. What I learned convinced me to block out a full day to experience my first taste of Japanese birding. From what airports should one sally forth during a layover of many hours?

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Japan Birds Stud Ducks 118

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

At the recent Swarovski Social Media Summit in Arizona, Nate proselytized passionately for the program that both manages your sightings and contributes them to science. In fact, experience proved that the process is actually way more cumbersome and time-consuming than it should be.

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Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Nick Lund , formerly at birdDC and then the Birdist , should be no stranger to readers of 10,000 Birds. He’s previously shared his surprisingly strong feelings about the bird logos of NFL and MLB teams.

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Birds Mississippi Vermont Texas 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Three are biology students, one is an elementary-school science teacher, and I am a birding, well, fanatic. There was plenty of passion and humility to go around, and it was a great experience. One of my biologist colleagues was delighted to see his first American Pipit and, believe it or not, Song Sparrow. Not a Snowy Egret.

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2019 Birds Blackbirds Sparrows 142

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Phenology is a vital science. Cultures that experience it generally put a holiday of some sort at the end to motivate people to even bother living through it. Black-capped Chickadees , Song Sparrows , and Dark-eyed Juncos start testing their breeding songs as well, though they have a longer wait before things get serious.

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Bald Eagle Montana Owls Dogs 156