10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Thus, its listing has been contested by groups advocating more development. More recently, a group of developers petitioned FWS to delist the gnatcatcher because the underlying science was allegedly flawed and the coastal gnatcatcher is not really a distinct subspecies.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He should not be confused with Stewart Traill (1936–2018), the founder of a cult-like group of evangelical Christians, the Church of Bible Understanding. Or in the language of the “science hippies” (Ze Frank ), the “purple nectar [acts] as a foraging signal” If you do not like blue, here is the Red-tailed Minla. (To

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. It’s not always easy reading. The two men have co-authored several previous articles on avian vagrancy.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the practice. Well, you learn something new every day. McDonald's Corp.,

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). You don’t need to be a linguist to delight in the diversity and sometimes unexpectedness of these name origins.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Guiding aside, Howell is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). And that is what recommends Steve N. Howell and Fabrice Schmitt: both of them are international bird tour leaders with WINGS.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Manker’s thesis is that ornithology is an excellent gateway to students becoming science majors in college and, more broadly and longer-term, conservation-minded citizens. That article left an impression and I have wondered what became of Manker’s effort to create a high school ornithology curriculum.

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JULY 15, 2015

” But here I’m using it because someone ELSE used it … the Bird 10K project is an effort to do the whole DNA thing they do on groups of species on the whole mess of 10K (or more) birds. … …The phylogeny of birds has been one of the most challenging vertebrate groups to decipher.

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JUNE 13, 2022

Quite likely, these birds are also the inspiration for Australian science communicator Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki. Within group, all males copulate with all females.” If I was a Rainbow Lorikeet, I would probably only go outside at night, when darkness covers my exuberant colors. Thanks to Clare for introducing me to him.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bird communication is a complex and evolving science. The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world. There is so much here!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Well, it turns out that the science behind this little meme is very relevant to the harder-working birder: it has to to with how our eyes and brain automatically compensate for differing levels of sunlight and shadow. But now I am assured otherwise. What does this have to do with birding, besides revealing that I wasn’t yesterday?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. Apologies in advance for the ridiculous amount of yawns that reading this post will engender. Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above, photographed by Corey.) Don’t say you weren’t warned!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Dedicated to science, conservation, and education, the reserve focuses on the smaller Weeks Bay, which in turn connects to Mobile Bay. Egrets paraded among the marsh grasses and shallow water; every so often, a Great Blue Heron opened its wings and took off, eliciting ooh ‘s and aah’s from the group on the boat with me.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In just a few clicks I can determine that my 442nd Mallard sighting was a group of 50 at Steigerwald Lake NWR on October 25, 2019, that the checklist was started at 9:46 a.m 10,000 Birds also has an eBird profile and since I as a beat writer in 2016, I have been a part of that group. For example, I’ve seen Bald Eagles in 15 states.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2011

“National Geographic has assumed management of day-to-day operations for Scienceblogs.com, expanding a relationship with Seed Media Group that started when National Geographic took on ad sales responsibility for Scienceblogs.com in 2009.&# That is the entire text of the statement National Geographic put out.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Science doesn’t work that way! Describing the position that Linda took with regards to the validity of the science as dishonest may have been unfair. Science Schmience. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background. Self-drive tour planning. How he prepared for his tour of Serbia? Belgrade – weekend birding break. Top-20 birds. Where to find the 20 most wanted birds in Belgrade? Pygmy Cormorants in winter.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2014

Several months ago, a group of bat researchers spent the night recording the sounds of a marshy Spanish forest. A group of researchers at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. Most of these birds fly at night when no predators are around — or so the experts thought.

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MAY 12, 2020

Organizations : There is a group dedicated to birding, the American Birding Association. But that estimate is admittedly more art than science, depending, as it does, on one’s estimate of what fraction of birders would engage in these countable activities and, more fundamentally, one’s view of who qualifies as a birder.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Today, I bring you an equally lavish look at a group bipeds that are perhaps a little more confusing: people. But not, mind you, on any shelf of popular science or ornithological memoir. But on its own terms, this is a very engaging attempt to straddle the two cultures of arts and sciences, and in those terms I hope that it will soar.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of citizen science involvement. If you are the group recorder, by the end of the day I guarantee you will have learned how to use a field guide to birds.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The latest edition of Science News delves into the work of scientists studying this problem. Hopefully, someday, these groups won’t be necessary. An “invisible” building sounds infinitely more dangerous; let’s hope the architects have a plan to stave off bird fatalities. News bird collisions glass skyscraper'

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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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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

Here is a small group of the Pigeon Guillemots near their rocky Cliffside nesting area. Out on one of the rocks that were visible during low tide, a small group of Harlequin Ducks had gathered. And here is a small group the broke away and swam out to deeper water. Here is a small group shot of those Purple Martins.

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JULY 3, 2014

Since listing, sound science, work towards habitat protection, acquisition and restoration and regulatory reforms its range has expanded north and west, and now includes portions of North Carolina and Mississippi, with significant nesting in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

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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.

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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?’)

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

This may be surprising in a group of birds that – let’s be honest here – all tend towards the drab, but the Marbled Murrelet was not named for its luxurious bathroom finishes. Some murrelets are named for their styling. The Long-billed Murrelet , well.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Take, for example, the group of the goatsuckers Caprimulgidae – the nightjars, and nighthawks, and whip-poor-wills, and widow-chuckers. I know for a fact that science is correct in stating that they don’t suck the milk of goats. Then again, science is definitely wrong in stating that goatsuckers have legs.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an Ohio-based animal rights group, recently ranked the lab at Oregon Health & Science University as the nation's sixth worst animal lab out of 44 others. In June, demonstrators blocked the entrance to the lab, and police arrested five activists for obstructing traffic.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

Since then there have been some major changes here at the ol’ blog and we thought it was time to update everyone as to where we are at with this grand experiment in group bird blogging. One could say that knowing the science of birds can make the birds more interesting. He also blogs at Scienceblogs.com.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2015

They are listed by the IUCN as near-threatened and their scarcity and localized distribution is indicated by the fact that they were only discovered by science in 1935. The birds live in groups of up to sixteen individuals and, when foraging, they are always on the move. A Tufted Jay poses nicely. The bushy crest is distinctive.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

If you come across a group on the ground foraging for food, look around and you will find one bird sitting in a vantage point, ready to give the alarm call in case of any danger. Or at least an “angry-looking bird” ( source ). It’s a sentry, a watchman, keeping guard; they take it in turns to do this duty.”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But getting a grip on gulls can be rewarding, and even within a large group of seemingly drab-colored, dump-loving trash eaters, there are spectacular species, like the dramatic Sabine’s Gull, the nearly mythical Ivory Gull, and easily one of the most sought-after species in North America, the mysterious Ross’s gull. And, it is.).

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