10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Hawk watchers and birders who look at hawks (not always the same group!) There are probably more identification guides about raptors than there are for any other bird group. ” There are the classic field marks, size of head and shape of tail, but, we are told, never rely on just one or two features!

North America 222

North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 222

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

The targeted age group is 6 to 11 years. Roth depicts a brown, tail-banded, evil-eyed hawk with an open-eyed parrot held upside-down, wings spread, in its claws). Only, instead of a group of children going on scientific adventures with their teacher, a band of five young bluebirds go on bird watching adventures on their own.

Puerto Rico 232

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 232

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Here and there the occasional Cape Gannet can be seen plunge-diving in the distance, while Kelp Gulls in loose groups fly past on their way out to the trawling grounds.

Albatross 181

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Yet, it is amazing how many identification features are evident in his bird pictures—the fire-red head, streaked back, white wing bars, and white-tipped tertials of the Western Tanager, the white tail band on the Eastern Kingbird, the black-bordered white eyebrow of the Red-eyed Vireo.

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2014

Wright and Small offer additional material, illustrating anatomical parts, like wing stripe, tail band, and rump, that are used in the species accounts. An additional aid to finding specific birds is the page design, which places page number and bird group on the upper left and right hand corners of the left and right pages.

New Jersey 241

New Jersey Birds 2014 Species 241