10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

The first, The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families , tells the story of Dr. Gordon Sato’s mangrove tree-planting project, which transformed the African village of Hargigo. Eggbert side notes that the most famous bird in New York City is not a falcon, it is a Red-tailed Hawk named Pale Male.

Puerto Rico 227

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 227

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Instead, we get references and quotes from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink , the popular science book that takes bits and pieces from various research projects to make the case that we make choices without consciously thinking. Gladwell is a good read, but not credible scientific support.

Birds 168

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

There are over 5,000 species of frogs in existence (5,858 at the time the book was written, the exact number changes as research dictates re-arrangements of taxonomy and new species are discovered). There is a large family of frogs, Bufonidae, that includes most of the warty, hoppy creatures we think of as toads.

Reptiles 182

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 182

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. It was my first trip to the Neotropics, and I had no idea what I was getting into. That sentence really doesn’t begin to describe this very smart and highly readable book. The ‘little green book’ was now over 450 pages long!

South America 143

South America Ecuador Reptiles America 143

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

Owls 200

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 200

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

Furthermore, there are six families confined to the Greater Antilles. Within its 400 pages, the Birds of the West Indies covers 712 species, 550 of them regularly occurring and 190 of those endemic to the region, many of them to single islands.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 151

Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 151

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

At least in the northeastern United States, their rate of so doing is high, according to research I summarized here. 2015 was challenging, at best, on a personal level but it was a fantastic year for birds in New York City. Do the same pairs return, if possible, to the same nests after their long winter migration?

2015 180

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book. His goal, he says in the Preface, is to fulfill a childhood desire to learn more about a stern figure in a family photograph, a mysterious man with impressive but largely undocumented achievements. But this is not a hagiography.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147