10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
Few areas in North America support such dense concentrations of waterfowl; more than half the mallards in the Pacific Flyway overwinter at some time in this portion of the Columbia River Basin. As the image shows, it is an island of protected habitat in a sea of urban sprawl and agriculture. Plus, they offer excellent birding.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. It is too early to show.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 29, 2013
Rough-legged Hawks (or Buzzards ) don’t seem to generate much excitement here in northern North America. Their name, of course, comes from the fact that they grow a protective layer of feather down their legs for insulation. When suitably-sized branches for fixing the nest are scarce, they sometimes use caribou bones.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2015
It can’t have escaped your notice lately that the blog has been overrun with articles about North America’s pseudo-warblers (or wood warblers, as some people, apparently unaware the name is taken by a proper European species, call them), and, even worse, no small amount of poetry.
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. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Here’s the kicker though.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Birkhead knows that these are sensitive topics.
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