10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2014
once could conceivably make the argument about House Sparrows too, but I think they’ve worn out their welcome. We birders have a slightly skewed interpretation of “nature” anyway, compared to other outdoor enthusiasts like hikers and campers who actively seek to remove themselves from anything human.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
Whether I am speaking about Henslow’s Sparrows and Upland Sandpipers of the east and Midwest that occupy tall-grass prairies or birds like Ferruginous Hawks and Mountain Plovers of the western short-grass prairies; all deserve our attention. You may say this is cynical, but I consider it logical.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2015
The vast majority of you reading this accept it is happening, and for the time being it is caused by humans. While no one thinks Florida is going to dry up, anywhere from the Dakotas, south to Texas, all the way to the west Coast may be up for some brutal droughts in the coming years. Climate Change.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
There are two invasive human commensals (a House Sparrow and a Rock Pigeon), two fully-domesticated fowl (both a rooster and a hen), one introduced gamebird (a partridge), and a penguin I didn’t identify but which seems to have been added mostly for a little wildcard variety. Good birding and happy drinking!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2011
The modal bird song is a song, but not all ‘songs’ are song-like, in the sense that we expect song to come out of the ‘mouth’ (bill) and to consist of modulated air currents (like human voice). Drawing of bower birds from Darwin’s 1871 volume on sexual selection.
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