10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family.

Turtles 219

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.),

New York City 161

New York City New York Birds Breeding 161

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. Also ever-present were crows, and soon I could tell the difference between Carrion and Large-billed Crow. Also present in a great flock were handsome Oriental Greenfinches.

Japan 124

Japan Birds Stud Ducks 124

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. There is a lot of science here to explain. Pickrell puts the pieces together in 11 chapters.

Mongolia 195

Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 195