10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Tufted Puffin. Can Mr. X really tell a Tufted Puffin from a Rhinocerous Auklet ? If you misidentify something, you bring great shame and dishonor to both you and your family. In the rare instances I have been seasick, I have more than once pondered that death would be preferable. South Polar Skua. Is this what you really want?

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Puffins Albatross Penguins Experience 248

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The answers involve phylogenies, evolutionary family trees, derived from DNA studies combined with fossil records, and geological concepts of how the continents and oceans were formed from super land masses. There are even some figures that are all artwork; Nash’s drawing of the Wrybill and its asymmetrical bill (fig.

Science 216

Science Albatross Research Birds 216

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2011

And where will I be going that will have the birds I want to see and be acceptable destinations for a non-birding family? Regardless of how many birds I see or don’t see I am really looking forward to our first family vacation to a new and interesting place. What other birds that I have seen before will I be excited to see again?

Seattle 160

Seattle Rhinoceros Puffins United States 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There is no place that compares to Maine with its rocky shorelines, freezing waters populated by wintering alcids, offshore islands filled with nesting Atlantic Puffins, mixed and boreal forests (the most forested state in the U.S., we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 198

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.’

Dissection 222

Dissection Birds Research Europe 222

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Ugandan Mangabeys were part of my family once. There is no feeling in the world like knowing your helping something you care about, whether its sharks or puffins, protecting forests or reefs, advancing science or communities. And you can always race for a few days afterwards). And you’ll meet amazing people too.

Uganda 161

Uganda Sharks Africa New Zealand 161

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.”

New York City 150

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

I was a little sad to see that the newer editions don’t have the second signature birds (Wood Duck for Eastern, Tufted Puffin for Western) and regional maps on the spine. And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. The Quick Index of bird families (Albatrosses, Ani, Auklets, etc.)

North America 162

North America 2003 Birds America 162

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. There is a lot of information in Mastering Bird Photography , and a lot of different types of information.

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Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 193

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

I love puffins. Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. At $55 a head, and free for toddler Desi, the chance to see puffins from a comfortable boat seemed too good to ignore.

Washington 171

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,

2020 264

2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families). Puffins growl like chainsaws, and one in Britain was seen carrying 62 fish in her beak. Most “bird-friendly”-labeled coffee is not bird-friendly at all.

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 256

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

A few families have a small number of eggs in the clutches, like gulls or cormorants. The auks, which range from puffins to guillemots all the way to the tiny auklets and murrelets, are typical for seabirds, long lived with tiny clutches of one or two eggs. Seabirds are one group of birds that go for the latter strategy.

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Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

But on the other hand, there was so much more I wanted to do in 2012 … and wow, I really need to start buying gifts for my family and friends. On the plus side, it’s almost time for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, and by all accounts, it’s shaping up to be a very finchy winter across much of North America.

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Bald Eagle Puffins 2012 Baltimore 137

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? August is the make or break month for relationships. Bravo if you have.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100