10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2020

But as I started to research this post, I was reminded that I actually live in the center of this Warbler’s range. Its insect-like buzz reminds me most of the Grasshopper’s Sparrow’s song. I almost always see the Rufous-crowned Warbler in groups of two or three. swee swee-swee-swee-sweeziweet.

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Mexico Honduras South America America 331

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2014

Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the species formerly known as Spotted Wren-Babbler ( Spelaeornis formosus ) — a tiny, secretive bird of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas to southeast China — is not a Spelaeornis wren-babbler at all.

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Family Comoros Asia Birds 267

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. According to the latest research data, the total Brown Bear population in Greece is 475 to 500 and here in the Pindos range there are 350 to 400 animals (Pilidis, 2015, in pub.). Not at all.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

This is a very different book from what I expected, less of a handbook and more of a comprehensive identification text on 24 groups of birds, presented in words and photographs. These are bird groups that have been covered extensively by other guides. Armistead and Brian L. It is an intriguing choice of species.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I love sparrows, so seeing a feather-worn Vesper Sparrow this past July filled my heart with joy. We saw sparrows–a total of 14 species–and we saw many other great prairie birds, and we often saw them perched on posts. Baird’s Sparrow was one of those elusive creatures.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 135

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

Proposal 2013-A-6 would split the shearwater taxon baroli , which breeds on several Atlantic island groups (the Azores, Canaries, Selvages, and Madeira) and strays to North American waters, from its current position as part of the Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis ) complex. Sage Sparrow split. Shearwater split.

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2013 Sparrows Owls Stray 182

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APRIL 22, 2021

Still, how many birders visit this region and could be seen as the target group for this, already a second edition? Some groups, for example shorebird illustrations, tend to be on a smallish side, probably due to the number of various plumages, plus flight paintings per plate. The rest of the region remains fairly undervisited.

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Indonesia Timor Brunei Guinea 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

My goal was Lucifer Hummingbird , but I didn’t do enough research to know that the best time to see the hummingbird is in the early evening. Plus, great looks at Cassin’s and Botteri’s Sparrows, Grace’s Warbler, Blue-throated Hummingbird (including a nest), and Antelope Jackrabbits (not a bird).

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Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 102

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Peraza of Xukpi Tours, led our group along the cleverly-designed eco trail that crosses many parts of the campus. One of the many research stations owned by Zamorano lies high in the mountains on the way to Tegucigalpa. You know these owls are chill, if I can snap a shot this good (pardon the epiphyte!). ECO-SENDERO. DRY FOREST.

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Honduras Birds Kentucky Research 133

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MARCH 21, 2015

This bunch of possible Costa Rican crypto birds can be grouped into four main categories: (1). Bird species that require further research. Based on even more recent recordings, it seems that the birds in Costa Rica can probably be placed in the Mangrove Rail group. Pacific slope Streak-chested Antpitta.

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Costa Rica Species South America America 206

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2013

The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from field marks, vocalizations, status and distribution to historical records and hypothetical patterns of vagrancy.

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San Francisco Fox Sparrows California 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead.

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Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 154

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Dolphin and whale photographic plates offer notes on fin and blowhole size and shape, with the text giving visual clues on what surfacing whales look like (a sperm whale “looks like a giant turd”) and how various dolphin species leap and group together. Howell; I can’t find them anywhere else on the Internet.

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Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead.

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Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. This nice little group of shorebirds, including a Killdeer, three Long-billed Dowitchers and a Spotted Sandpipers all got together for a photo.

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New Mexico Mexico Tucson Arizona 113

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. .* Gladwell is a good read, but not credible scientific support.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

There is the “The Moth,” a storytelling group popularized by The Moth Radio Hour. The group’s name is in honor of the moths attracted to porch lights in evenings gone by, when storytellers would sit and tell tales on these porches. But, there have been exceptions. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America.

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

But, the numbers are quite large, and the birds organized in groupings that, for the most part, make it an easy process to figure out which Antwren (or Woodcreeper or Seedeater) is which. ” The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 169

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

We are looking up in the sky, trying to identify the small group of swifts that are circling over head, when we are joined by a young man with his camera and tripod. On our last day in Bijagua, we got to see a small group of White-throated Magpie-jays. per person) and head back outside to look around the area. That story is here.

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Costa Rica Falcons Mexico Groups 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2013

Since it has been a poor year for duck diversity in Miami-Dade, I decided to rely most of my efforts on the former three groups to pick up as many species as possible. After driving along Research Road before dawn to pick up nocturnal species such as Eastern Screech-Owl , I began to bird Lucky Hammock at about 6:45AM.

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Miami Virginia Bald Eagle 2013 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

One very helpful feature are the “Identification Tips” offered for groups of birds. These light blue boxes paint an overall view of the group as a whole and articulate guidelines for differentiating species within the group. A “Quick Alphabetical Index” on the inside front cover offers quick entry to bird groups.

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Birds North America Groups Falcons 154

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. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 144

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. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 263

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Harris’s Sparrows denote dominance by the amount of black on the head, the adult male birds with the most black ranking highest. There’s more, so much more, in this highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description of bird behavior. Author Roger F.

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Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

But research has shown that some plovers even use the super-sensitive soles of their feet to detect movement beneath the substrate. This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 185

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Your author watching a Hawfinch instead of the castle Now it was time to research the trip. Soon after I was able to tick the ubiquitous House Sparrow in its native haunts where I was allowed to enjoy it. That is when I stumbled upon this wonderful website, and more importantly one of your very own Beat Writers: Jochen !

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

To recap however, grouping them by their slight variation in body size between 53 and 67cm in length (21 to 26in): The biggest two are Yellow-legged and Caspian gulls, distinguishable by the presence or absence of brightly-colored (yellow) legs. Most people would have stubbornly denied it, or refused to comment.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The consultant also suggested increasing readership by catering to highly specific niche interest groups. And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. Somebody highly knowledgeable in the area of SEO (search engine optimization) strongly recommended that I should write more posts including Japanese T**s.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 7:48 am @Corey, Is there also a Daisy involved in this Group Marriage? Dawn, you are looking coy in you profile photo. Any reason?

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We made several stops along the way, hoping our eBird research would give us local hotspots that might turn up a few gems. What did find right off the bat, was an amazing group of people, all willing to help out in so many ways. Olive Sparrow. Cassin’s Sparrow. Tom and Connie, and John Y. Clapper Rail. Gray Catbird.

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Texas Tucson San Antonio Owls 127

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Now, there are a few obvious uses of bird names that I really needn’t cover, like our ambivalence towards the house sparrow. Its nickname “Spatz” is one of our most common terms of endearment, yet “Dreckspatz” translates to dirt sparrow and describes a person with questionable body hygiene.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Everything is new, and even the pigeons or sparrows flying around the airport make an exciting first for your country list. I usually go through this phase for each species listed in phase 1, with more effort on the first two groups (endemic and target). research papers). Stage 4 – Wrapping up.

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Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 133

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

But it happened at that moment that a lot of what I was looking at was avian in nature: a few crows, some sparrows, blackbirds, and other run of the mill inner-ring suburb fliers and flitterers. Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare.

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2012

South American seriemas also belong with this newly recognized group, as explained in my earlier post. I wrote about this last year. Last fall, a new study strengthened the case for these sweeping changes. So apparently we almost got an Aztec Dove!

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Falcons Parrots California Breeding 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The list of most-threatened birds continues; all of these birds could lose more than 99 percent of their current range in at least one season by 2080: Baird’s Sparrow. Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group. Black Rosy-Finch. Brown-headed Nuthatch.

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 174