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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

10,000 Birds

Here are three recent titles, one for the parents of very young children, one for primary school children and their parents, and one for residents of a specific geographic area–Los Angeles County. I think each represents a template of a specific way of approaching this subject. Like I Love Birds!,

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). “Dull, me?

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

10,000 Birds

I birded parks, landfills, fields, backyards, skies, oceans, lakes, ponds, and roads in 15 states–some familiar haunts and patches, some as part of family visits, some while passing through, some adventures with friends (three trips with N.J. In the meantime, it’s a good topic for holiday family gatherings. ” [[link].

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