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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
This year has been bountiful in books about bird behavior (reference and otherwise) from the likes of David Allen Sibley , Helen Macdonald, Jennifer Ackerman , Wenfei Tong, and others. The latest is the encyclopedic and delightful Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior , by John Kricher. Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior.
Reddit Animals
MARCH 3, 2023
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
The Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America by Rick Wright is different in approach from any other bird reference book I’ve used, bursting with expertise about sparrow identification, history, and taxonomy, and profusely illustrated with photographs by Brian E. Small and other photographers, mostly, if not all, birders.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
Which is why I am so excited about the publication of the Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: Eastern Waterbirds in Flight , by Ken Behrens and Cameron Cox, the latest title of the Peterson Reference Guides series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The book is fairly large (10.4 Not many people read an index.
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. And the term is ‘non-reversed size dimorphism.’).
Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 4, 2021
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. The subject index at the back of the book is thorough but difficult to use.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
Mark Spahn, a longtime reader of my AnalPhilosopher blog, thinks it’s question-begging to use “who” (instead of “that”) to refer to animals. I don’t know of a neutral way to refer to animals: one that doesn’t make an assumption about moral status. To beg a question, in the philosophical sense, is to assume what needs to be proved.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2023
References to plate numbers (in the Plates section) and photograph numbers (in a Photo Gallery) are also placed prominently next to species name. There is also ample reference material in the front and back of the guide. Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Here is a sample of the prose, which in part describes the figure above: Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1-3 illustrate a feeder designated by reference numeral 10.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2022
Their name refers to their habit of eating nectar and pollen, though most of them also eat insects and/or fruit. The book hastens to assure us that “we may safely assume that it referred only to bright plumage” While larger, the White-eared Honeyeater seems to follow a somewhat similar color scheme. .” (HBW).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The Isabelline Wheatear is an exception; its name apparently refers to the color of parchment. Many males sport bold black-and-white plumage, surprising for birds that spend most of their time on sandy and dry ground. In contrast, four Eastern Black-eared Wheatears certainly did rock the black-and-white look.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
The “Visual Quick Reference to Bird Groups” is extremely handy and helped me figure out that a bird I photographed with a curved bill and striped chest is a Honeyeater, not a Cuckoo. Text supports the illustrations; the authors know that this is the primary way users will use the guide.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Birkhead focuses on those stories that both illustrate each chapter’s theme and clearly have meaning to him, and though the Birds and Us of the title primarily refers to how we, humans, observe and value birds, there are forays into birds and art, literature, medicine, food, religion, and biography.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2021
Let us see whether I can manage to get a reference to The National in this post as well). No “The National” reference – my apologies. .” Yes, I wanted to put this into a birding blog post, with the spurious rationale that if you are looking for rosefinches, at Balangshan, you have come to the right place.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2018
As for “forest” and “football”, that pertains to where this species lives and its shape, in this case “football” referring to the sport celebtated on Monday night in the USA, typically accompanied by parking lot shenanigans. ” We could just as well refer to it by its genus, Neomorphus.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2019
In most cases, it is thought to come from the Spanish word “Bobo” referring to stupid, or ignorant. In other historical references to this name, it has been used to describe someone (or thing) as being awkward, clumsy, or clownish. Moving on from there, we now get to the heart of this discussion, the name Booby.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
I understand you may well not be able to see the nest clearly in the photo above and here is the same photo with it circled for reference. Shorebirds will not nest below the high tide mark and therefore it is the safest place to walk. Little Tern nest.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The Nonggang Babbler ‘s claim to fame is having only been discovered in 2008 (as a meaningless reference, it should be added that the first iPhone was released in 2007, one year earlier). Spot the reference? ) One of the reasons for birders to come here is to see the Nonggang Babbler.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Actually, the book arrived at my home while I was out at Nanhui, a place that is even briefly referred to in the introduction of the book – “the underprotected reedbeds of Nanhui Cape” At Nanhui, I saw a few Common Moorhens along with some other, duller-looking but similarly-shaped birds.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2023
Perhaps the bird was trying to get a closer view, so as to reference the images of possible threats it learned as a young bird? And closer. Was it going to waltz into becoming breakfast? Maybe the grebe had never seen a Spectacled Caiman before?
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2021
Hilty referred to huge shipments of exotic birds and feathers in Victorian-era fashion, more than 5 million specimens per year from Colombia alone. Birds of Colombia” ends with References, English and Scientific Index, Spanish Index and the Quick Index. Then you get four blank pages, titled “Notes”.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
It certainly does not refer to the status of Nanhui. At least, I managed to get a The National reference into the blog eventually. . “So worry not All things are well We’ll be alright” sings Matt Berninger in The National’s “ Apartment Story “, but this is at least halfway meant ironically.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2021
You may have noticed that avian nomenclature is a misogynistic business, and many bird names refer to features that only males possess. This bird, in spite of what you may see in the photo at the top of this post, is named the Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it is.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2019
One of the many things I love about Mexico is the quality of its “trash birds” You may have heard that phrase among birders; it refers to whatever species is so common at a given site that you become tired of seeing them.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2022
As a point of reference, this adult Spotted Wren has developed a full set of spots. First, it was an endemic Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow , just hanging out… “ Then it saw my face… “ This is an immature endemic Spotted Wren (no spots yet), minding its own business. And now it is minding mine. Which explains the name.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2019
However, there are only two lyrical references to birds in the National song catalog, and they are both somewhat generic (“Out of my league, I have birds in my sleeves” in”Squalor Victoria” and “Bird that flys out of order underneath the sky” in “29 years” – the latter is not a bad line). Less so when in flight, though.
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 23, 2013
It will follow the journey of one puppy as she is trained to become a Leader Dog (more often referred to as a guide dog). “We Created by Dog is Good, The BOLO Project is designed to raise awareness of the remarkable work dogs do for people every day.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
Although Broad-wingeds have never been referred to as Mexican Goshawks, it would seem that they still overlap in terms of prey items and habitat. I suspect it spends most of its time in our neighborhood. When the Broad-winged Hawks arrive, how do this individual and other local Gray Hawks deal with them?
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish). Would it worry you to sit next to me on a plane or train and listen to this kind of information for several hours?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2022
And they rhyme “winner” with “five-piece chicken dinner” (finally getting to the stretched lapwing reference). Another nice line from the same song is “I must be driving towards success but I can’t find the keys to my car” (no birding reference though).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
So, you’re not always sure if the text is referring to the turtle in the image. The index is helpful, but would have worked better with cross-references, bolding of genera account sections, and more complete indexing of common and scientific names. The captions use common names. pages) to improve its usability.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
When we refer to an American Robin , we all immediately know the precise species in question. The California Scrub-Jay is an example, as the version of Sibley on my shelf refers to it as a Western Scrub-jay. (The I am not a taxonomist and I approach the issue as an interested birder, not a professional.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2022
According to eBird, the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill is sometimes referred to by its nickname of “flying banana”. .” Not to speak of the presence or absence of a carport and a veranda.
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2022
It may seem like an unnecessary alliteration but I’m referring to an actual Bloody Bay – one of Tobago’s many picturesque, idyllic bays on its leeward coast. There are of course various Bloody Bays spread across the Caribbean as the region does have a history in which bloodshed features heavily.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
Grey Jumper, Happy Family, Lousy Jack and Twelve Apostles are names that can refer to them. The early settlers in Australia referred to them as Apostlebirds due to the family group often appearing to be around twelve birds in reference to the apostles of Jesus Christ.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2021
Its Corvina della Provincia di Verona is produced entirely from one such grape: the Corvina, a very dark, late-ripening variety whose name in Italian refers to the jet-black plumage of crows and ravens. The outfit specializes in wines produced from indigenous Italian grape varieties.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2022
Most of this book is about Eurasian Wryneck, as the subtitle indicates, though Red-throated Wryneck is referred to throughout and there is a chapter focused on the species. The latter is a nonmigratory, African endemic with a scattered, limited distribution. and the rural Austrian folk name natterzunge or ‘adder tongue.’
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The guide ends with a glossary, references, and separate indexes to scientific and common bird names. The birds mentioned in the text are shown in bold, while the key species uncommon elsewhere stand out being both bold and brown. Endemics are indicated with a bracket “(E)”.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2020
And as a further clarification, it is generally agreed that this species’ common name comes from the original meaning of the name “Lucifer”, which is “light bearer”, referring to its bright gorget, and not from some demonic avian characteristic. Still, the irony is not lost on me.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
Vagrancy trends and sightings are documented throughout the text, references to the over 700 reports, articles, and books listed in the References section. The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2022
The “shared vision” evidently refers to the undisclosed vision of the Board alone, without input from stakeholders. Thus, the posting seeks a new ED to implement a plan that was created without input from that person, and without consultation from membership and other birders. since 2013.
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