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). The guide covers 265 of Maine’s 461 bird species: common nesting species, common migrants, and wintering birds.

Sri Lanka 236

Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2018

Here are a few of my recommendations for some such esteemed members of the Costa Rican avifauna: Forest Football Chicken or FFC (Great Tinamou) – Since tinamou sounds like the perfect representation of an oddly-shaped bird with a small head that gives beautiful tremulous vocalizations, I am sorely tempted to leave this one off the list.

Costa Rica 167

Costa Rica Chickens Birds Soreing 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. Gordon, president of the ABA, an Introduction, Species Accounts, Acknowledgements, Image Credits, a Checklist of the Birds of the state, and a Species Index.

Colorado 243

Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Email lists, blogs, websites, forums, Facebook groups, and of course eBird (see below) has completely revolutionized the way birders get their business handled. Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. 2) The internet has changed everything.

San Diego 172

San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one. The big white one. It flies on.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243