10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ballantine and Hyman explore how birds communicate and summarize studies on how that communication functions in diverse bird families all over the world. I also would have liked more specific information on the studies themselves–authors, years, where I can read them.

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North America Research Birds Groups 278

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There is a wealth of information about these marvelous creatures, given via prose essays, and charts, and tables – it’s all quite user-friendly. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 219

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2014

If you read my weekly posts bookending theweekend birding experience, you know that I pay close attention to phenology. The way the ebb and flow of each season impacts out experience of the natural world must inform our efforts to observe avifauna if we want to optimize our experience. Birding best bird weekend'

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2014 New York Birds Experience 167

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Where a birder goes in the Caribbean determines which birds are seen including toy-like todies, Carib hummingbirds, cool pigeons, quail-doves, unique avian families and outrageous woodpeckers. One such special place is the Centro Manu, a small family run reserve that features several star bird species of Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2020

A locally owned company started by Birding Experiences founder and guide Diego Quesada (with whom I have watched Buff-breasted Sandpipers among other birds), CaraCara offers poster art of bird families that occur in Costa Rica. The posters come with a sheet that includes range maps and other information.

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Costa Rica Birds Species Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The chapter on “Capturing Bird Behavior” (my favorite) gives detailed examples of behavior cues and sound cues to look and listen for in anticipation of interesting preening, courtship, and family behavior. Also, settings information is fully integrated into the later chapters. The last two chapters point us to the future.

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Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2015

Just like we did last year my family spent this past weekend camping at North Lake State Park, up in New York’s gorgeous Catskill Mountains. New to me at North Lake State Park was a family of Eastern Kingbirds that were a joy to watch, what with their aggression, constant chittering, and aerial acrobatics. That’s my boy!

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Birds New York Family Sparrows 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. It’s a lot of information concentrated into 11 pages.

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Science Albatross Research Birds 207

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Additional helpful design features include the names of family groups against a yellow-and-white striped background on every page corner and having every bird image facing right (except for that Common Loon chick!), I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

I savor the timeless experience of scanning these tropical waves for storm-petrels and lost jaegers. Local guide and birder David Mora Vargas has been spending much of his time at his family’s farm in the Sarapiqui lowlands. Check it out: Juvenile Tiny Hawk Show in Sarapiqui. Las Arrieras Nature Reserve.

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Costa Rica Birds Thailand Family 205

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

All three of those authors have far more experience than I do and the upcoming releases for next spring, California and Pennsylvania, are written by authors just as illustrious! But what species it is necessary to do that for and how granular such information needs to be varies considerably. And the references I use!

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New York New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania 194

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Not only is she a guide, but coordinates lodging, additional tours, information, and is just an all around very cool lady. His years of experience in this area were quite obvious as we found 62 species in one morning. For more information you can find their website here. I am saving the quetzal story for the end of this posting.

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Costa Rica San Jose Chinchillas Family 180

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. It is not a field guide, though it offers a wealth of information about field identification. There is GISS and there is Birding by Impression and they are not the same.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

That piece of information, along with many others, comes from Kroodsma’a new book, Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist : Your Guide to Listening — and you have to love the “nearly.” But to fully understand it, to be able to “read” it – well, that’s either impossible, or else takes years of dedicated ardor and study.

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Virginia Boston North America 2020 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. Portugal was a source of less poetic, practical information on falconry, as well.

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2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 126

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book.

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North America Sparrows America United States 143

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2018

In a little less than two weeks my family and I will be enjoying a long weekend on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. But my experiences in Belize and Honduras give me a good basis in the birds of the region and I have plenty of time to study and learn what to expect with the endemics.

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Mexico Belize Honduras Science 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The additional information that the Bokmakierie is called “iNkovu” in Zulu does not help much, either. After my Przevalski experience, I now look up such names to check whether the person the bird is named after has made similar racist statements, or even done worse things. Gurney’s Sugarbird is not a name I made up.

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South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 225

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. ’ Ted Floyd is probably best known as the editor of Birding magazine, the informative, handsome periodical of the American Birding Association, and as the author of many ABA Blog posts. (In

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Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2011

Clark’s Nutcracker , sometimes called the Crow Woodpecker , will always be paired with Lewis’s Woodpecker , the woodpecker that acts like a crow, both because of their cross-family likenesses and because of their namesakes. It was a wonderful experience and one that none of us will soon forget. Until then, enjoy!

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United States Louisiana Woodpeckers 2011 173

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”. Sixteen species within the antbird family (Thamnophidae) are considered true obligate army ant followers. A bite from an army ant can really pack a punch; I speak from experience.

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San Diego South America Costa Rica America 184

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. Remarkably, there are 59 bird families that have very little cultural significance; these are listed in Appendix III.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The link provides all of the necessary information to sign up and get involved. It will be family friendly and it is well organized. Yes, the People’s Climate March will take place on Sunday, 21 September, in midtown Manhattan. You should go! I’ll be there. This is a permitted march with a pre-planned route.

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New York City New York United States Canada 210

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 144

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

You can end up basking in a rare bird bliss that may linger for weeks, or you basically experience a living hell. There are few things worse than being extremely seasick, particularly if you pay close to $200 for the experience. If you misidentify something, you bring great shame and dishonor to both you and your family.

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Puffins Albatross Penguins Experience 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

Of course, almost none of these questions are asked directly but carefully gleaned by weaving the conversation along in a totally friendly manner, trying to make sure you have all the information necessary to make your client have an unforgettable experience at Cristalino. ” I would usually ask.

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Otters Parrots Birds Brazil 160

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2009

Housecat Housecall provides cat owners with valuable cat care information that they can apply to their own relationships with their feline friends ultimately helping them live a more connected life together,” said Dr. Katrina Warren, BVSc. “For The site also provides show information, bios on the families and episode air dates.

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St. Louis Lifestyle Cats Family 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. If you live in the States this is an informative and useful book that really takes birding to the next level for your kids. GAMES AND APPS.

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Birds Game Wildlife Family 277

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2016

Brown Honeyeaters are the most common of the honeyeater family in our garden and when a goanna is present they chatter away and we have to look to see what is bothering them. Many birds make an alarm call if they are uncomfortable about what is close by and only time and experience will enable you to understand the change in call.

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Reptiles Investigation Cats Mammals 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 28, 2009

But how do you puppy-proof your home for your new family member? There are lots of dangers for a baby animal who experiences the world through its mouth, just as much as its eyes and ears. But be sure to visit the 10 Household Items article , it is truly great information that every dog owner should know!

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

The right app can provide more focused, reputable information than a Google search, and they’re available on hand, whenever you need them. You can search by breed, age, gender, and size, so you can easily narrow down to animals that are more likely to fit with your home and family. Cost: free). Pet First Aid (iPhone).

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Pets Medical Adoptable Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

The next day saw us making our way to El Tapir for close views of the Snowcap , a surreal fairy of a creature that stands out in an already surreal family. A few other birds also showed, highlights including a tree full of screeching Mealy Parrots but other birding experiences par excellence were waiting in the wings.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 178

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2012

New Year’s day symbolizes the opportunity to work toward new goals, experience new beginnings, and make a difference. For further information about Dr. Jane Goodall and the work of the Jane Goodall Institute, including Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, please visit www.janegoodall.org and www.rootsandshoots.org.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 30, 2011

What you need to know about fostering pets: Time and resources – A person or family must have the time, room and resources to dedicate to a foster pet in order for it to be a positive experience for all parties involved. They may or may not be accustomed to cages or other animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2009

Together Purina and the Kroger family of stores will donate $150,000 to animal welfare organizations in 2009 and will recognize six exceptional pet lovers’ tales via a national television special this fall. The campaign invites pet lovers to share their favorite pet tales with Purina and Kroger online at www.TalesForThePetLoversHeart.com.

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