10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2017
For three weeks in June, I traveled up and then down the eastern seaboard visiting ecological research sites. From Florida to Maine and back again I toured urban forests, marshes, estuaries, and more, stopping along the way to visit family and friends. During my three days in Virginia Beach, I knew I had to walk that path again.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2020
Over and again, Kroodsma admits to things to which neither he, nor any other researchers, yet have answers – including areas where diligent amateurs can, he says, make discoveries. And that’s part of the point of the book, and its charm – how much there is still to be discovered in the realm of birdsong.
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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. (But there is, apparently, and thanks to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, some good news on the rat front in that part of the world.).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2022
A recent episode of the American Birding Podcast featured an interview with Virginia Rose (Founder and President) and Freya McGregor (Coordinator) of the non-profit Birdability. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. eBird checklists are here and here.).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. This photograph of a family working on feathers while the father looks on is from the National Child Labor Committee Photograph series taken by Lewis Hine. This is where Boase excels. It is reproduced in “Mrs.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
410)) to info on habitat and range (“In the Rockies and other arid mountains of the interior Southwest, Virginia’s Warbler prefers scrubby brush interspersed with pinyon-juniper and yellow pine” (p. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.
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