10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 222

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Species are organized by family and families are arranged in taxonomic order according to American Ornithological Society’s Checklist of North American Birds , 7th edition through the 59th Supplement (2018). The organization varies, and there are sometimes more than one Group Accounts for a family. Species Accounts.

Eggs 229

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. The rest of the 216 pages long book is devoted to various African bird families and half a dozen individual species. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Wrynecks are fascinating because they are woodpeckers, taxonomically and evolutionarily, yet they do not share many behaviors and anatomical features of most members of the Picidae family. But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. They are beautiful, but in a different way.

Woodpeckers 233

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a finding presented in a paper on the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. The researchers speculate that this is because of the contrast against the green canopy background – an explanation that seems a bit spurious to me if applied to captive birds. But no, the eye color is real, better leave it alone.

Birds 144

Birds Owls China Research 144

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore. ” ( source ).

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. I didn’t know much about Birds of Paradise either before 2013, when I accompanied a non-birding friend to a presentation at a local college, not really expecting much. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Introduction.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive.

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Albatross North America Birds Groups 156

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. This was a pleasant surprise if only because I’m so used to the more technical views presented in his field guides.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” It’s faster than committee work, more direct than bureaucracy, and it presents a clearer and more complete portrait of the range and value of the biodiversity of these countries. ” These are just some examples.

Costa Rica 213

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

“A reading of recent research shows that Australian birds are more likely than most to eat sweet foods, live in complex societies, lead long lives, attack other birds, and be intelligent and loud.” When I publicly present bird photos, I sometimes play the call of the bird and ask what they think it is.

Birds 227

Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. Other families are more complicated and these introductory sections are correspondingly longer and amazingly more detailed. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. Seabirds: The New Identification Guide is an identification guide to seabirds of the world, all of them.

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Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2019

Antpittas and Gnateaters covers 64 species in six genera and two families. (I Here’s Plate 3, the third plate for Conopophaga , one of the two genera of the Gnateater family. Migratory and altitudinal movements are not common with these species; when they are present, they are described in a Movements section.

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Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

.” You can read just that chapter and the final chapter summarizing this achievement and learn a lot, but it really isn’t the whole story, not the one Greeley wants to present. A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

This may be before the Fairy-Wrens developed the ability to detect Cuckoo young in the nest, an ability recently described by ornithologists, or this family may be one of the 60% who don’t detect Cuckoo chicks. It’s a clunky system that only works IF you know the full name of the bird you are researching.

Australia 186

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. The images tie directly to the text.

Dissection 219

Dissection Birds Research Europe 219

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2017

In some ways his story is familiar to a lot of birders: the outdoors was both recreation and refuge for him, his family imbued him with a love of learning and an appreciation for the earth. The love of nature is evident in his chapters about his parents and siblings; his family is ever-present in his musings on trees and springs and cows.

South Carolina 126

South Carolina Stray Cows 2012 126

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Bottles of adult beverages can make nice presents, as well, to take to a festive yuletide party or New Years’ Eve bash. It’s a book about ornithological research yet reads almost like a novel. Here are some of our favorites published during 2020, with links to our full reviews (or bookseller site), and the name of the reviewer.

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2020 Birds North America Italy 195

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

In any case, if the song is to be believed, the proper gift for the first day of Christmas is a partridge – and the Red-legged Partridge featured on the label of the Portuguese wine Quinta do Vale da Perdiz Cistus Reserva Douro presents a decidedly more practical option for following this gift-giving tradition. Donna). ==. Tristan). ==.

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Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

A series of videos on how to use the book’s features have been made available on the book’s Facebook page , and authors Tom and Scott have been presenting workshops and talks on warbler identification and vocalizations across the country, including one I attended in April at the Queens County Bird Club, NYC. I liked the Glossary.

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United States North America Species 2013 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years. More is known about some woodpecker species than others, and Gorman points out cases where additional research is particularly needed.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

campus gardens – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre, located 3 km east of the town of Turrialba. Daniel the driver was way smarter, finding the only shadowy spot next to the D-Max. Since I wanted to buy some genuine tastes of Costa Rica, we continued to C.A.T.I.E. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

So armed with some knowledge from the “ Access Considerations for Birding Locations ” page on the Birdability website and some research, I twice visited the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge near Portland, Oregon with accessibility in mind. A 5% grade is steeper than I thought, but research suggests that 5% is acceptable.

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Portland Oregon Laws Experience 190

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

candidates and other seabird field researchers; and crusty boatsmen, some clued-in and some clueless, who guide him in various latitudes. 2: There is a band of some renown, an indie rock band, called Shearwater, whose lead singer has written a book to be reviewed on this site presently. Odd and irrelevant but curious factoid no.

West Virginia 204

West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 204

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Twelve family accounts have been added. It is 72 pages longer than the first edition. An undisclosed number of family and species accounts have been updated. Nine photographers contributed most of the photographs used to illustrate the family sections, including Richard Crossley, Kevin T. Over 70 range maps were updated.

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North America America Birds Family 177

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I tried to get a better idea of what exactly the definition of cuckoo-dove is but am still not very clear about it – Wikipedia only offers the rather formal definition “any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia , Reinwardtoena, and Turacoena of the pigeon family.” But I may well be wrong.

Birds 147

Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. The pages themselves are composed of blocks of color, text, and illustration.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. The text is of a whole with the photographs, which are simply magnificent in content and presentation. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

This is essentially a survey of ornithological marine research told in the voice of one of its most passionate and experienced participants. Mostly, as you can probably tell from the last paragraph, I learned how a marine ornithologist thinks, and how challenging this research can be.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

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. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” Larks, for example.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 212

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Well-represented exotic families include starlings, ducks and doves and there are also many more individual species that now thrive here. The population has been present for at least 15 years. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species.

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Miami Parrots Research Birds 134

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

But, these numbers don’t adequately convey the work that went into this guide, which aims to “present the most up-to-date state of knowledge on the region’s birds for the first time as a whole in a single volume” (Introduction). Co-author Frank E. So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

Indonesia 126

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 126

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), They wrote books and published research. An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? Or, at least, the life of our local park or neighborhood. More field guides?

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

The many images of gulls presented by this field guide with their detailed captions are the best reasons to purchase and use this book. They also present a challenge to those of us who, well, are not in love with gulls. I suppose this works with such a small family, but it made my librarian brain ache just a little bit.

2004 149

2004 North America America Europe 149

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Each spread presents two birds of a color–Red (Scarlet Tanager and Northern Cardinal), Pink (Greater Flamingo and Roseate Spoonbill), and so one, with the last spread presenting two colors–Black and White (Downy Woodpecker and Black-and-White Warbler). The book is simple in design and text.

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 148

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. Each family chapter begins with a brief, bold-printed description of the common traits of the species in the family and an enumeration of the number of species worldwide and the number of species in North America.

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North America America 2017 Birds 183