10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

You can’t say the same about migration: you can’t say that every book about birds is necessarily about migration, for the simple reason that only about 4,000 bird species migrate (with some 1,800 of those traveling long distances). Yale University Press, New Haven and London, May 19, 2020. By Mike Unwin and David Tipling.

Alaska 216

Alaska Breeding Kenya Africa 216

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

This is very bad news for a group that is largely nocturnal and has adapted to a secretive lifestyle, and is thus best detected by its tracks and signs. Those were amongst the most annoying field guides to use on the “continent” as so many potentially confusing species were left out. Next are the tracks of birds.

Europe 165

Europe Mammals Animal Birds 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

First issued in a limited printing in 1972, then re-issued by Ammo Press in 2008 after Harper’s death in June 2007, it contains images that are iconic and familiar, striking and unique. As an independent illustrator, he regularly contributed art to Ford Times , a “lifestyle” magazine published by the Ford Motor Company.

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170