10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. I think we do have the right to expect that artwork and species descriptions when repeated are current, reflect recent studies and taxonomic thought. © 2023 by Steve N.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2022

Towhees are large, ground-hugging sparrows that occur only in North America. Earlier this month, I came across a family of Spotted Towhees (Olive-backed) with a couple of other strange aspects. They belong to either the Pipilo or Melozone genera, or perhaps both, as their taxonomy is still a point of contention.

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Mexico North America 2015 Sparrows 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

The Trogon family (and order, since the order only includes one family) is quite widespread, being found in all the tropical (and some subtropical) regions of the world. It is also fascinating to see how similar Old World trogons look to their New World relatives, right down to the same flamboyant color patterns.

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Mexico Indonesia North America Arizona 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2021

A quick study as I researched this post revealed that fully 37 Arizonan “specialties” are common birds right here where I live. So the only Patagonia I would choose to visit in the future, is the Patagonia to be found at the southern end of South America. When they go low… How about the Tyrant Flycatcher family?

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Arizona Mexico Los Angeles Dallas 258

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. A guide that feels so right in my hands? And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. The group pages show how much the taxonomy of certain bird families has changed over the past 13 years.

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North America 2003 Birds America 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2015

I still know my audience - this is primarily a blog read by birders in North America, who see the term “squirrel” as little more than a synonym for house sparrow, starling, pest and cholera. Germany, like most of Europe and very much unlike North America, is home to only one species of squirrel. So to speak.

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Squirrels North America Germany Europe 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

This longspur,” Driver writes, “is named after a man who fought for years to maintain the right to keep slaves, and also fought against multiple Native tribes.”. We here at 10,000 Birds have decided to right some wrongs and improve the birding world by renaming birds the way they should have been named from Linnaeus to the present.

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Birds North America Cooking Campaign 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

Kroodsma waited for years for the right opportunity to record its different songs, a “cascade of sweet and liquid notes,” one naturalist said, “like the spray of a waterfall and sunshine.”. Good field guides to bird sounds are certainly available, particularly Nathan Pieplow’s for eastern and western North America.)

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Virginia Boston North America 2020 234

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. Like Peterson’s Hawks of North America, 2nd edition (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), which Clark co-authored with Brain K. And vice versa.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 155

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

I’m focusing on Turkey Vultures here because they are undoubtedly the species most birders in North America (the home of 10kB) are most familiar with, but the name vulture applies to birds found around the globe. Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 175

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2017

And sometimes we have no idea where to start, which is where I find myself (on a micro-level) right now. Still, they’re neither endangered nor threatened, either in North America as a whole or in New York State. Unfortunately, sometimes we don’t have the political will to do that. are developed or otherwise lost.

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Bald Eagle New York Eagles North America 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Photo credit: Toby Canham/Getty Images North America. Right now on TrueBloodFanSource.com they are celebrating Kristin Bauer’s upcoming birthday with a big giveaway and fundraiser for The Amanda Foundation, an animal rescue organization that rescues and cares for dogs and cats until they can be placed with new families.

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Animal Rescue North America Cats 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The Durango Highway is arguably one of North America’s great birding roads due to the great variety of habitats, the spectacular mountain scenery of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the numerous Mexican endemics one can target. The birds we observed were nesting right into the cliff face. Photo by Andrew Spencer.

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Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Part Two: The Family Live of Selected Species” describes and illustrates the family lives of 49 species in 25 chapters.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2014

North American Songbirds is clearly oriented towards beginning or backyard birders. It devotes two pages to each bird, a full-page drawing of the bird on the left, a description of the bird, including singing and nesting behavior, on the right. Scientific names don’t reflect the massive changes to species in the warbler family.

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2006 2014 Connecticut North America 191

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The second edition of the National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition has one of the longest book names in bird bookdom: National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: Now Covering More Than 1,000 Species With the Most-Detailed Information Found in a Single Volume.

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North America America Birds Family 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The inaugural edition of I and the Bird featured sixteen bird bloggers from around the world, many of whom are still blogging today (right Sharon and Clare ?!) We will announce a group, family, or genus of birds and elicit superior web writing and images on the designated topic. But what we did have was our own blog carnival!

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Birds North America 2005 2011 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2014

I’m in Orlando for what is supposed to be a family excursion, but as anyone who considers a pair of binoculars to be an every day accessory, if there are birds to be found I’m going to make an effort to see them. And aside from the birds, there are arguably the most imposing herps in North America, American Alligators.

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Florida Alligators Birds United States 167

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 7, 2012

“ Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin. In it we get to see some of the amazing places in the wild areas of North America, Central America and South America. Untamed Americas: Deserts. Untamed Americas: Coasts.

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America Sheep Penguins South America 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2011

Despite being taken in Europe, this image exemplifies why forest birding in North America might soon be rated NC-17. And you are absolutely spot-on right in having finally worked out what this post will be about (lesson 2) … Treecreeper Identification The Treecreepers are creepy creatures outside North America.

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North America Europe America Asia 145

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Horned Larks breed widely over North America, including up here in the High Arctic. They are everywhere right now, as the families make their way from uplands down to the water’s edge. These ones had a head start, nesting right near the shore. But in the right light, they glow! Calling for mom.

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Eggs North America Breeding Europe 183

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2013

But I took an opportunity to go down to Manitoba with Travis to see my family. Travis got to experience things he normally wouldn’t (like spending about 5 hours every day in a pool) and seeing the world famous Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team (I can post a photo of them right?

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Eggs 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Many Neotropical families and genera have some of their northernmost members here, such as the spinetails ( Rufous-breasted Spinetail ), Tangara tanagers ( Azure-rumped Tanager ), and guans ( Horned Guan ). This is a fascinating area of transition. In short, the mountain birding in Honduras promised a slew of cool new birds.

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Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead talks about John Gould in several contexts, including a portrait of him and his family and his bird skins by John Everett Millais, reproduced in the color plates section, the only mention of Elizabeth is her co-authorship with John Gould, of another color plate, ‘Comb-crested Jacana.’

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I have been a fan of the Kaufman Guides since I bought the Field Guide to Butterflies of North America , for a birds and butterflies trip to Colorado. Kaufman guides are colorful and well-designed and convenient, just the right size and weight to slip into a backpack or even a pocket.

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Massachusetts North America Rhode Island Ohio 202

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America by Nathan Pieplow is innovative, fascinating, and challenging. The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America is divided into three main sections: Introduction, Species Accounts, and Index to Bird Sounds (also called the Visual Index).

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North America America Birds New York 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As the story goes, way back in the late 19th Century and organization called the American Acclimitazation Society was working hard to introduce every one of the 600 species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America. But we forget that the family Sturnidae consists of more than our familiar European Starling.

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India Stray Dog United States Stray 155

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The person with the average income can’t afford to raise a family, traipse off to Attu Island for a week in the hope of snagging a couple of ABA ticks, buy the newest Nikon or Canon camera body and then reserve a spot on that Antarctic cruise they have been meaning to do.

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United States Protection Endangered Species North America 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

I wonder if birders in North America before European colonization were eager to watch the colors of a singing male Indigo Bunting go from shaded black to shining sapphire blue? From conversations I have had with Tico birders, they would be likewise elated to lay eyes on the fish eagle of North America.

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Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

But, as with many avian families, the more you look, the more complicated it gets. A minor item, but I like to get these things right.) The “Colour Plates” section is a quick identification guide, presenting text on the left and meticulous drawings on the right. (I So much simpler than pinning down those warblers!

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North America Asia Europe America 142

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Birds of North America , the Cornell Lab of O data base, cites many studies on this topic and they don’t all agree on results and best practices. We need to create bridges (and a very happy experience with a local ranching family led us to believe that this is possible). back to the birds.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. Consider Estero Lagoon for example… In North America there are nine regular plover species, ten if you include the more vagrant Common Ringed Plover. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

In the right season, with a little luck, we often find it, and sometimes it perches high and long enough that we can admire its scimitar of a bill, its stern face pattern, and even the patch of rusty red on the undertail that gives the species its English and its scientific names. Wicked, right? at Princeton University in 1990.

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2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Joining us for the day was Sheri Williamson, who literally wrote the book on hummingbirds in North America. Things looked right. But then the bird turned, and things didn’t look quite right. Plus, we had an ace in the hole in a way. The darker purplish gorget. The white blaze between throat and cap. Target nailed.

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Arizona Wounded North America 2012 158