10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
If birders say they love birds ostensibly because they can fly and we cannot, then there must be no more beloved group of birds than the swallows. Many species build nests of sticks or mud or spit on human-made structures , or in houses we’ve constructed specifically for their use. We see a lot of ourselves in swallows.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2012
Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. We dipped on the sapsucker but while we were there, a group of birders from Southern California stumbled upon this Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) a few hundred yards from our location.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately. A Vortex of Turkey Vultures During Fall Migration – Larry Jordan, The Birders’ Report. Turkey Vultures Get No Respect – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. Vultures, Human Evolution, and Windmills – Greg Laden, 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2013
You may not realize it when you look at those bizarre looking waders with the massive bills and the vacant expression, but you’re looking at a group of birds that has inspired humankind for literal centuries. It’s clear that ibis have been part of human civilization for as long as there has been civilization of which to be part.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
juvenile Parasitic Jaeger by Larry Jordan Jochen enjoyed a plover : My Best Bird of the Year is a White-tailed Lapwing I “twitched” in Germany in June. On Seymour Island, my group witnessed a very human-like interaction amongst three boobies , one female and two males.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. In other words, we might want to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed changes, either one at a time as a group.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2013
Sure, they may lack the audacious colors of jays or the imposing attitudes of raptors, but it is wrens, with jaunty tails and brazen attitudes and ringing, rambling voices, that re on anyone’s short list of favorite garden birds for almost as long as humans have paid attention to birds. House Wren , Troglodytes aedon.
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