10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Those of us who chase rare birds for our counties, states, or other human-made geographical distinctions watch birds for more reasons than the twitch. Birds can be enjoyed in a wide variety of ways. For example, we might just enjoy the calls and antics of those White-throated Sparrows while searching for a Harris’s.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time!

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 224

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Panama’s Vulture – Jan Axel, Jan’s Birding Blog. Vultures, Human Evolution, and Windmills – Greg Laden, 10,000 Birds. International Vulture Awareness Day – Larry Jordan, The Birders’ Report. Thailand’s Adopt a Vulture Program – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). Redgannet’s BBOTY – a Great Grebe.

2014 195

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 195

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This includes current research (up to about 2016, but mostly earlier) on how climate change and human change are affecting the birds’ ecology and behavior. The effect can be overwhelming, and I found myself reading some sections two, even three times, to understand it all.

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Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 175

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Sure I like to get up early and see as much as I can…but I’m human, I like to reconnect with friends over a beer or two at night. I remember because I was in Panama looking at an Amazon Kingfisher with Carlos Bethancourt (above with Amy and me) while on a trip to Canopy Tower. Get your asses on this bird!”

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Texas Birds United States Panama 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

So the human equivalent of frog in a bowl might be. So assaying exploratory tendency in humans. Humans can probably just find their own little place to thrive. food selection from some kind of mystery buffet? Makes sense really. Perhaps who you gravitate toward at parties- new people or old friends?

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

I particularly liked the section on Anatomy and Morphology, which explains the anatomical adaptations that enable woodpeckers to do the things they do, like drum at rates that would explode human skulls.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 250

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Route 254 farm fields (rd to Playa Panama). Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. 29 Jan 2016. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2016. 15 Sep 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

The cozy relationship between Honduras’s military coup leaders and the corporatocracy were confirmed a couple of days after my arrival in Panama. The school is best known for producing Latin American officers who have committed major human rights abuses, including military coups. (5) Now, that optimism was turning sour.

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Honduras Los Angeles Obama 2009 100