10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2015

During this year’s competition, each team raised money for – and awareness of – the illegal trapping of migratory birds in Cyprus , a fitting cause for a race that celebrates the miracle of migration. Since 1974 it has been illegal to harvest birds there with mist-nets and limesticks.

Cyprus 258

Cyprus illegal Birds 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

Johnson is not a birder or a naturalist; he was fly fishing to get his mind off the stress of working on the List Project, an advocacy organization he founded to aid Iraqis who had helped the U.S. This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. Mostly adult males.

Collecting 105

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 105

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The excellent Indexes to English Bird Names, Scientific Bird Names, and Subjects were organized by Jennifer W. They did breeding bird counts, breeding bird atlases, Christmas Bird Counts, and became active members of the Linnaean Society of New York and other nature organizations. This is a project that clearly spanned decades.

New York City 156

New York City New York Birds Breeding 156

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. Do you include objects related to ornithology–published taxonomies and proceedings or a conference program from an ornithological organization, and if so, which one?

Collecting 173

Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 173