10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

I’m focusing on Turkey Vultures here because they are undoubtedly the species most birders in North America (the home of 10kB) are most familiar with, but the name vulture applies to birds found around the globe. A Vortex of Turkey Vultures During Fall Migration – Larry Jordan, The Birders’ Report.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

Sure, they may lack the audacious colors of jays or the imposing attitudes of raptors, but it is wrens, with jaunty tails and brazen attitudes and ringing, rambling voices, that re on anyone’s short list of favorite garden birds for almost as long as humans have paid attention to birds. House Wren , Troglodytes aedon.

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Jordan Birds North America Tenant 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. But the cost of changing the installed hardware base and the human capital invested in QWERTY effectively precludes those alternatives.

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Birds Laws 2020 Jordan 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

It’s clear that ibis have been part of human civilization for as long as there has been civilization of which to be part. White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. Biblical tales? No wonder ibis are so beloved. Scarlet Ibis , photo by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela.

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