article thumbnail

Not enough Woodpeckers

10,000 Birds

It is hard to imagine any birder not liking woodpeckers – they are the “motherhood and apple pie” of the avian world. The Bearded Woodpecker (Mkuze, South Africa) does not really look any more bearded than many other woodpeckers. It is the most widespread woodpecker in Africa, claims the HBW.

article thumbnail

A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

10,000 Birds

BLM land is particularly important for conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and other sageland species. NPS also manages a diverse set of lands ( i.e., from the Arctic to the Everglades to the Mojave Desert to the Rocky Mountains ) that are used by many species of birds. Only FWS has the primary goal of conservation.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Once upon a time in Bojcinska Forest

10,000 Birds

Gazetted as the “nature monument” in 2013, one of the few remaining – Bojcinska Forest by the village of Progar covers 670 ha / 1650 ac, with around 108 bird species and some 60 species of mammals. By law, the foresters should have left 5 mature trees per hectare, but nothing remained. And that is where Q.

Croatia 216
article thumbnail

Creepers in the Forest

10,000 Birds

Not all the birds, of course, but many of the distinctive and conspicuous species. Woodpeckers were quite prominent, both in non-fiction works like the encyclopedia and in entertainment. Yes, you read that correctly – it was seemingly reversing the laws of gravity. Absolutely nothing prepared me for woodcreepers, however.

Trinidad 173
article thumbnail

Back to Tierra Caliente

10,000 Birds

Black-chested Sparrow is one of Paso Ancho’s flagship species. The apparent deliciousness of this fruit gave me my best photos yet of the beautiful (and noisy) Yellow-winged Cacique , as well as a hungry female Gray-cheeked Woodpecker. And I, for one, choose not to let the lack of a few species ruin my enjoyment of many more.

Sparrows 160
article thumbnail

Endangered Birds: 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1967

10,000 Birds

Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. American Ivory-billed Woodpecker – Campephilus p.

article thumbnail

Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

My personal preference is the block prints, which perfectly capture the spirits of western woodpeckers, jays, and even a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, but there is a Canada Jay watercolor at the end that would look very nice in my living room. And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing.

Birds 143