10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. 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 didn’t.). ” These are all great.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. When you look at Clements latest taxonomic spreadsheet, you get a sense of the depth of their relationships to each other and the world. It’s a lot of work. This is a great summer read.

Owls 220

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 220

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

These strange birds are two species in their own family; White-necked or Yellow-headed, endemic to the Upper Guinea forests and Grey-necked or Red-headed, restricted to Lower Guinea forests. The timber industry-led assault on this resource is building towards ecological catastrophe.

Ghana 196

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

A few families have a small number of eggs in the clutches, like gulls or cormorants. With years of banding they have a large cohort of known age birds which they have been able to follow at every stage of their lives, a priceless resource for a scientist interested in in the life-history of a marine bird. So why do it?

Eggs 165

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Species Accounts are arranged taxonomically, grouped by family. Family sections start with a brief description of the characteristics shared by the species in the family, followed by a description of the sounds made by those species and how they obtain their song/call knowledge. Or, maybe that is good news too?

North America 175

North America America Birds New York 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. 18 Responses to “Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?!

2011 252

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. Like this bird family b. Chongming Dongtan, where these photos were taken, is the wintering location of about 100 Hooded Cranes – about 1% of the global population.

Birds 130

Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families.

Bolivia 178

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Duck Stamp) for wildlife observers (81 votes, 12 comments) Create a photography permit allowing regulated off-trail access to refuges (80 votes, 15 comments) Christmas Bird Count for Kids – A half day free family event with partners @ all USFG visitor centers (46 votes, 5 comments) Establish partnership(s) with national birding conservation orgs.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

There was no meaningful discussion about our inefficient use of resources (grain and water) in the feeding of animals to kill to feed people. And there is a family in rural England who charts their energy use and we see that food is the second highest use of energy for them (air travel takes up the most). But they dismiss food.

Nigeria 100

Nigeria Vegan Neglecting Vegetarian 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The Natural History section points out that Red-tailed Pennants hold their wings flat or slightly lowered, while the skimmers tend to raise their wings. Species accounts are organized by family; Broad-winged, Spreadwing, and Pond for damselflies and Petaltail, Darner, Clubtail, Spiketail, Cruiser, Emerald, and Skmmer for Dragonflies.

United States 238

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 238

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This day of fun with Hollywood flair will raise funds for seven Los Angeles animal rescues, all non-profit 501c3 organizations, who together help save thousands of animal lives. Animal lovers Jane Lynch (Julie & Julia) and Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars) will help The Rescue Train host its 4th Annual 5k Run/Walk (3.1

Rescue 100

Rescue Los Angeles Unwanted Pets Stray Cat 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Crossley has wisely positioned his series as an educational resource, to be used as much at home as in the field. The Introduction says there should be another visual index of representative species from each family on the inside front cover (similar to the Eastern Birds guide), but the inside front cover of my edition is blank.

Ireland 172

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. Another question this raises has to do with migration itself. They migrate because those with migratory adaptations who moved from region to region to follow seasonal changes in food supply or other resources had, ultimately, higher Darwinian fitness. Specifically, Itcher Tern.

Research 197

Research Humane Compassion New York 197