10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Handing out T-shirts at the registration desk with a summer intern from the Field Museum (one of the conference’s sponsoring groups) gave me a good feel for who was around and what ornithologists are like. Exhibitors ranged from book publishers to purveyors of telemetry equipment to local bird and wildlife groups.

San Diego 175

San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 175

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

In fact, the two groups appear to belong near parrots and passerines, which are now thought to be sister clades. But what no major checklist has yet done (to my knowledge) is to take the next step and rearrange the order in which these groups of birds are presented. Some of this should sound familiar.

Parrots 227

Parrots Falcons Costa Rica South America 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

Owls 210

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2016

The science currently believes that up to twenty five percent of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef could be lost to bleaching in the next forty years. In fact it is not just the eastern coast that is experiencing this phenomenon, but it it also now present along our own coastline here in Broome. Pied Oystercatchers.

Australia 101

Australia Breeding Investigation Shelters 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

The bulk of the book is devoted to heavily illustrated accounts of 35 groups of similar looking birds, offering instructions on how to differentiate species by size, structural features, behavior, plumage pattern and general coloration, habitat use, and vocalization. ’) and the how (as in ‘how to describe a structural feature?’)

Birds 170

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 170

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

America 229

America Industry Birds Squirrels 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.

Ducks 177

Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Each spread presents two birds of a color–Red (Scarlet Tanager and Northern Cardinal), Pink (Greater Flamingo and Roseate Spoonbill), and so one, with the last spread presenting two colors–Black and White (Downy Woodpecker and Black-and-White Warbler). Cornell Lab Publishing Group, Wundermill Books, March 2019.

New York City 148

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 148

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

For example, the legendary ornithologist Alexander Wilson happened upon in his broad travels a warbler previously undescribed by science. Tennessee Warblers may be fairly drab by the prismatic standards of this group, but they certainly get around. Even worse, such sobriquets obscure insight into the birds themselves. Well, no more!

Rights 113

Rights Connecticut Tennessee Nashville 113

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 31, 2010

Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Previous events have featured live entertainment from the Phoenix Projekt Fire Dancers, Kodama Taiko Drummers, The Panache Orchestra, and various film presentations about Kitten Rescue. Kitten Rescue is a wonderful animal rescue organization!

Kittens 100

Kittens Rescue Los Angeles Fur 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh Powell is a science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. No warning was issued about the stretch of 73 plates in the field guide, from where the trogons leave off to where the flycatchers begin, that present a desert of unfamiliarity to you, hapless North American traveler. This is his first contribution to 10,000 Birds.

Peru 254

Peru Birds South America Owls 254

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today we speak of the not-so-distant past, the present, and the history in between. Email lists, blogs, websites, forums, Facebook groups, and of course eBird (see below) has completely revolutionized the way birders get their business handled. Hello my birding sons and daughters. 2) The internet has changed everything.

San Diego 170

San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 170

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. Cocker presents Eurasian Larks as a prime example of one of the recurring themes of the book, our culture’s tendency to cherish a bird in poetry and myth and to simultaneously exploit, even ravish, the actual bird. Larks, for example.

Birds 213

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 213

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Every study brings up new questions–many new questions–and Brooke spends a lot of text explaining why every study is specific, how there are really no generalizations to be made across the group of birds covered in this book. Speaking of back-of-the-book materials, there is no bibliography. Who is it for? The penguin fanatics.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

And they were intrigued and they had questions, lots of questions, more questions than could be answered by a field guide or a social media group. This was a pleasant surprise if only because I’m so used to the more technical views presented in his field guides. Also, I wish I could use the tiny birds for my own presentations.

2020 264

2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2011

Some ill-informed American wannabe birder pretended to “ clear things up &# recently – causing concerns and chaos in the process - but thankfully rational and science-based heads in Germany prevailed and delivered the hard facts in the case. Of course, and as usual, the UK birders are late to the party and just won’t get it.

North America 145

North America Europe America Asia 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

The second thing to note is that this is an excellent and courageous book that tackles a group of birds whose field identification has stumped the most skilled birders. The book expands field guide boundaries with its narrow focus on two genera (groups) with a bonus Tufted Flycatcher thrown in for good measure.

Los Angeles 210

Los Angeles North America America Species 210

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Introductory pages for each group summarize the subgroups (suborder pages summarize the families, family pages summarize the genera), describing where these particular turtles are most likely to be found and their shared anatomical features and behavioral characteristics. The accounts are organized by the two suborders and then by family.

Turtles 197

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 197

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The festivities kicked off with a pre-count presentation led by organizers Diego and Juan Diego. I don’t know how popular bird counts are in your neck of the world, but I was shocked to see that this group of well over 60 birders filled a gymnasium. Some of the group took their repast as Pat and I returned to the tower.

2014 205

2014 Costa Rica Birds Groups 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. 2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert).

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding.

Emotional 223

Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Herring Gull The Herring hull is everybody’s idea of a seagull, being present throughout the year at coastal cliffs, beaches, harbors and towns. It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.

2011 157

2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

The video opens with the statement that the “presentation is designed to glorify God, the “Magnificent Creator,” of birds.” The eighteen species covered are divided into five groups by color (blue or gray, brown, red, black, and yellow or orange) and each species gets an account that is a couple of minutes long.

Science 175

Science Owls Pennsylvania United States 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

He enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background to model nocturnal bird migration. I’ll present the general approach I use for my trips and give examples from my trip to Serbia. I usually go through this phase for each species listed in phase 1, with more effort on the first two groups (endemic and target).

Serbia 136

Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 136

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

It contains numerous citations to the literature, as the process must be based on the best available science. We carefully examined the best scientific and commercial information regarding the past, present, and future threats faced by nene. It appears that conservation organizations are not opposed to the downlisting.

Endangered Species 102

Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 102

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

There is a bit of science news. One group is trying to make a better list of which species of birds to pretend to be doing something about vis-a-vis imminent extinction using a unique approach: Identifying the most genetically unique species. But there were a gazillion of them. million years ago (Ma).

Birds 179

Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 179

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

What I’d like to do, however, is to present one single question related to migration, which in turn will spawn (or, rather, hatch) myriad other questions ranging from trivially easy to impossible to answer. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046 (1), 282-293 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.026 Consider the implications.

Research 192

Research Humane Compassion New York 192

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2023

Those readers with slightly morbid interests might want to seek out a paper in the Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences describing the case of heavy mixed infection of Golden Pheasants by Heterakis isolonche and H. gallinarum ( source ). ” Sounds more sophisticated, right?

Pandas 130

Pandas Research Phoenix Science 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. I knew I’d never heard that before. Here’s the petition.

2011 242

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

Interestingly, the authors also decided to include eleven species not yet accepted as occurring naturally by records committees, but which, they say, present interesting vagrancy questions. Lengthy tables present where and when (season) rare birds have been seen. started with a listing of species in the order presented.

North America 253

North America America Birds United States 253

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), Number 57, Great Northern? and branches into an all too brief recounting of books and movies featuring birders. Policeman’s notebook! Road signs!

Collecting 172

Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

The many images of gulls presented by this field guide with their detailed captions are the best reasons to purchase and use this book. They also present a challenge to those of us who, well, are not in love with gulls. Describing gull plumage is a combination of science, graphic art, and visual metaphor.

2004 149

2004 North America America Europe 149

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. The text is of a whole with the photographs, which are simply magnificent in content and presentation. Ad é lie Penguins on iceberg, South Orkney Islands (p.

Penguins 198

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 198

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

In Sibley Two, the in-flight images literally fly across the page in slight diagonals, with the full-bodied images are presented below in a parallel order (meaning we see the same bird–fresh juvenile, worn juvenile, 1st year, Adult breeding, Adult nonbreeding–in the same part of the page for each species).

North America 238

North America Birds Species America 238