10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station.

2013 173

2013 New York City New York Trinidad 173

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. Ridgway himself had 23 species, 10 subspecies, and two genera of birds named for him, including Ridgway’s Hawk.)

Collecting 148

Collecting Illinois United States Science 148

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada (Univ.

Pennsylvania 228

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 228

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

From the site: In the early morning hours of May 18th, four incendiary devices were planted at Scientific Resources International, a supplier of non-humyn primates for use in vivisection labs all over northern Nevada. Here is one little blurb I found out about them from the University of Wisconsin: Scientific Resources International, Ltd.

Research 100

Research Nevada Primates Vivisection 100