10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. That’s right – birds eating clay. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa. Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Wicked, right? Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. One Response to “What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. The Marvelous Spatuletail as it appears in a video about The Glitter in the Green. link] © 2021 Jon Dunn.

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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. But research has shown that some plovers even use the super-sensitive soles of their feet to detect movement beneath the substrate. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Universities like Harvard, Columbia and Cornell regularly use the research facility. Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Prepping For Spring Spring in East Harbour Regional Park.Or Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. Wicked, right? Get yours today! • Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Spring is Coming!

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Cyprus 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. This clearly showed Mayr’s grandeur: very shortly before he passed away at the age of 100, he saw one of his most important research hypotheses proven wrong. Wicked, right? I am clearly not. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 208

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

’ To get a feeling for how difficult it is to tie a Victorian fly like the Durham Ranger, look up a video on the Internet, it’s impressive. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. Can’t make it out? Here it is as typed out in The Feather Thief (p.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. The family stays very close to cover for several weeks, getting bolder as the young develop. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

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.

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United States North America Species 2013 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is the only Cholorceryle species I haven’t seen, so observing one would complete a genus in this fascinating family. The wings on the male are remarkably shaped plus I’ve always had an peculiar interest in the nightjar family. Wicked, right? See who won the contest here! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

The videos and talks have wet our appetites for a book that promises to be visually exciting and fun to use, designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. I have to make a librarian note about the research paper citations–where are the years of publication?

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United States North America Species New York 237

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To be fair, I could and should have also grabbed The Shorebird Guide for the Greenshank and Collin’s Bird Guide, 2nd edition for both birds, but the Nat Geo was right there next to me, where your favorite field guides should be.). Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters.

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North America America 2017 Birds 183

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

Furthermore, there are six families confined to the Greater Antilles. The illustrations are precise, detailed and beautiful, reaching about the right number of species per page, so they are not overcrowded, nor bare in places. Humiliated, Bloch pulled away. The colours are realistic, and, on this scale, the details are visible.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

… Tags: south-africa , Spotted Dikkop , stone curlews , thick-knees • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) Wicked, right? … This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #134. Go check it out! How do we know this?

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