North America Owls Research Science 
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. Mitochondrial DNA analysis strikes again.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
— and link that to something abut the Great Grey Owl and my BFF Analiese Miller who is an amazing, emerging, photographer who has recently trained her 300mm Cannon F4 lens on the birds (including the Great Grey) at Sax Zim. Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Guiding aside, Howell is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). Howell and Fabrice Schmitt: both of them are international bird tour leaders with WINGS.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ Marybeth and Lynn chase birds familiar and unfamiliar to me, a Northeastern birder, and I’m sure it will be the same for any reader in North America.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
But getting a grip on gulls can be rewarding, and even within a large group of seemingly drab-colored, dump-loving trash eaters, there are spectacular species, like the dramatic Sabine’s Gull, the nearly mythical Ivory Gull, and easily one of the most sought-after species in North America, the mysterious Ross’s gull. (p.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2016
There are no warblers here or small shorebirds or raptors, excepting Accipiters and Screech-Owls. The first shows three subspecies of Whimbrel that have occurred in North America–“Hudsonian,” “Eurasian,” and “Siberian.” It is an intriguing choice of species. Authors George L.
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