10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

Owls 203

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Read The better informed you are, the greater the impact you can make, so read everything you can. A well-referenced book is probably your best source of reliable information. There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

America 224

America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Additional information is presented in boxes and with photographs. There is no end-of-book list of resources, which reflects, I think, an assumption that the birder using this book is already familiar with the more general birding books and magazines. Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan.

Birds 189

Birds Groups 2015 North America 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. Species Accounts are smartly designed, utilizing font color and size to organize information and help the user quickly find it. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. . Van Remsen, Jr.

Bolivia 169

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

An array of tools ranging from geolocators to satellite trackers to depth measurers to miniature cameras have been employed by ornithologists and biologists over the past twenty years, yielding scads of information. Instead, the studies Brooke summarizes and other resources are listed in an extensive Notes section.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birding can be enjoyed at various levels of intensity, from casual birdwatching in one’s backyard to more dedicated pursuits that involve keeping birding lists, participating in birding competitions, or contributing to citizen science projects. “National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America” by Jon L.

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

New York City 144

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 144

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer.

China 220

China Birds Pythons Eagles 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2014

Steve Kelling from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gave the keynote talk, “The Birder Effect: Birding, Science, and Conservation.” The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds.

Science 188

Science 2002 Chicago Adoptable 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Even more telling, the support the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission was expecting from its hunting community simply never materialized. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?

2011 240

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Pink Pigeons were once found throughout Mauritius, but by the 19th century the population became fragmented and by 1986 only 12 or 16 pigeons remained, depending on your source of information, less than 12 by 1991. And, possibly, a waste of resources to try to extend near-extinct species into the future. On the WCS web page, Ms.

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. That’s because the two are related. 2 PIERSMA, T.,

Research 188

Research Humane Compassion New York 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

Birds 130

Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2011

But seriously, Science has a more interesting set of answers, and some recently published research on European Robins helps to examine this question in some detail. A male may in fact be guarding food resources which are, in turn, intended to both impress a female and feed the happy couple and the young.

Research 202

Research Science Birds Deer 202

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

Describing gull plumage is a combination of science, graphic art, and visual metaphor. Articles have been added since the 2004 volume for some, but not all species (let’s face it, not all gull species are of interest to researchers). The citations consist of author’s last name and year of publication. Ivory Gull.

2004 144

2004 North America America Europe 144