10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

Which tours saw the most roosting owls? This odd nocturnal creature is around the same size as a Barred Owl. Like a spy or avian investigator, I can scope them right through the front door, watch them at will. In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Kea are extremely curious birds, and investigate just about anything with their bills. My friend Alice was very happy to see her first Kea, but this one was channeling the bored look of an owl. For many years they were persecuted by farmers for preying on sheep, but in fact they will indeed do just that if they can. It is bad for them.

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New Zealand Parrots Sheep Investigation 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2019

But then I moved to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, which has almost no opportunities to see interesting species (except for a good population of burrowing owls). I have eased the pain somewhat by traveling a bit further each visit, as well as investigating nearby wooded areas.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2022

Better magnification is always preferred but there’s no need to investigate tiny toe palmations or miniscule feathered details on these magnificant mud probers. Unlike peeps and other smallish sandpipers, identification of godwits and curlews doesn’t even require the use of a scope.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Even the names we give to some birds reflect their dependence on the cultivated landscape – we have Barn Owls ( Tyto alba ) and Barn Swallows ( Hirundo rustica ) over much of the world, and Orchard Orioles ( Icterus spurius ) in the Americas really do have a fondness for fruit groves.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. 10000birds.com/the-search-for-the-rarest-owl-of-india.htm. Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Years of follow-up research conducted by one of Earthwatch’s principal investigators on the Tambopata Macaw project, Dr. Don Brightsmith, shows, however, that within the study area of the clay lick the birds tend to choose the soil with the highest sodium content over soils that are best for neutralizing toxins. Wicked, right?

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Rapai reprints an editorial from the 1904 Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club that will remind many birders of more recent discussions on the Internet concerning the publication of owl and bird nest locations, its language only a little bit more civilized!

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2016

A portable speaker is placed on the top of the car, playing Tawny Owl calls from a smartphone. Although we do enjoy it immensely, we are not doing it for fun, but to gather information on distribution, habitat choice and density of breeding pairs of owls for the first national and second pan-European atlas of breeding birds.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

Likely a Tropical Screech-Owl , but nothing definitive. A Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl that was fervently vocalizing however, was the first for the list. While investigating a roadside patch, a couple wasps nailed me on my neck and head – almost scrambling my mental tally of Palm Tanagers , a Grey-fronted Dove , and Shiny Cowbirds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl. They immediately went to investigate it, and quickly learned to move when cars were coming. This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2021

Goanna investigating the drop-off. It had not even gone dark and we heard the familiar sound of Barking Owls , Southern Boobooks , Australian Owlet Nightjar and the wailing of the Bush Stone-curlew. A goanna wandered into our camp area trying to get to the river for a drink no doubt. A goanna-once again well camouflaged.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2016

Scouting can also turn up rare birds, fruiting and flowering trees, and maybe even an owl roost. Make a goal : Investigate possible routes, take into account the amount of time possible at each spot, the percentage of common versus rare species, and come up with a reasonable number. We still managed to see Emerald Tanager.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight? And last but not least, get your owl snark on. Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) No, you didn’t. Now you have.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. In the classic test, an animal is anesthetized and then marked on an area of the body the animal cannot normally see.

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