10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The more data about bird migration we gather from professional and citizen science efforts, the more each one of us can learn about the comings and goings of our favorite species. The Aircraft Bird Strikes reference. But information wants to be free, so it reaches out to us through a variety of channels.

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North America America Science Birds 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

In one document, I was referred to as a “self-taught ornithologist.” Another challenge to bird research is that it is woefully underfunded and relies heavily on citizen science. As the company has been introducing me to the rest of the staff and clients, a description of my talents caught my attention.

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Arkansas Science Research Farming 194

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This makes them ideal as reference when you want to check some folk etymology against some facts, but doesn’t lend itself to reading cover-to-cover. Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names is a bit different than earlier efforts I’ve seen in this line.

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Science Australia Eagles Birds 118

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect.

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 222

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Karlson and Dale Rosselet in Birding by Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds, the latest addition to the Peterson Reference Guide series and a book likely to revive the continuing discussion about the merits of GISS (the term used in the book, as opposed to the popular jizz ) versus traditional bird identification.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. References: 1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This is about 35 miles West of my home. over the last 30 years.

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Wildlife Sacramento Shelters Science 103

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The diminutive and flightless rail which lives on Inaccessible Island and, as far as is known, nowhere else in the Atlantic, or for that matter in the whole world, is in fact not even generically allied to the moorhen-like gallinules just referred to. The bird will therefore now be known as. Atlantisia Rogersi.

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Science Transported Shelters South Africa 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2021

Still, to be more realistic, there were 120,000 volunteer fieldworkers from all countries in Europe to collect data on 596 breeding bird species from across 48 countries and 11 million square kilometres in a systematic and standardised manner – one of the biggest citizen science projects on biodiversity ever.

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Europe Breeding Denmark Birds 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than a reference book with images of birds and facts about their identifying field marks. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds). “Get a field guide!”

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2015

This species is also called Dickey’s Jay in reference to Donald Dickey who had a life-long fascination with the birds of north-west Mexico. They are listed by the IUCN as near-threatened and their scarcity and localized distribution is indicated by the fact that they were only discovered by science in 1935.

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Mexico Ecuador Peru Science 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2018

However, articulated in a short introductory chapter, they shortchange the ornithological community and science in general. Species are useful handles (p. ” Furthermore, the American Ornithological Society is defined as “a club of ornithologists, and like many clubs it has various committees (p.16, 16, below).”

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Birds North America 2012 America 151

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Apparently (Wikipedia), the name “ vanellus ” is Latin for “little fan”, vanellus being the diminutive of vannus (“winnowing fan” a reference to the sound lapwings’ wings make in flight. Can’t say I heard this though. Great Cormorants are also very good at just loafing around.

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Birds Humane Japan Ducks 245

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. They expand the definition of this book from identification guide to avian reference book. ” These are all great.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. Dr. David Lavigne, Science Advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, co-authored Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability 5.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 237

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

I found this use of ‘regular people’s’ stories initially disjointing; it threw my librarian concept of a reference book out of whack. Reference books are supposed to be full of documentable facts, not stories from people without a PhD next to their name. But, this is not a reference book in the classic sense.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 222

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It is referred to as grail bird on the first page of chapter one — before the main character is called by name, before any other character is introduced at all. The fact of this grail bird is vital to the whole story. As the title suggests, these issues are forced to the very crux.

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Science Florida Woodpeckers Protection 208

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2014

But, until recently this has not been confirmed by science. The story I saw on my Twitter feed referred to scientists from North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, working in the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa. The Tigerfish eating bird thing does not have the hallmarks of a fantastic thing.

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South Africa Botswana Africa Fish 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2016

Working my way thru college towards a wildlife sciences degree, and ever since, rarely has there not been a bird book close at hand. About the second posting there, I got what I refer to as a “nasty-gram” about one of my observation.

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Mexico Science Research America 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Please be sure to use 4 The Love of Animals as the referring blog to ensure proper entry! If you want to learn more about the ‘Science of Sleep’ be sure to take part in the Sleep Better Chat (taking place on September 23rd). To enter, simply fill out this form.

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Fur Pets Protection Science 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Latin species name vermiculatus (worm-like) refers to the markings on the upperparts. To put it in the language of science: “Males did not prefer conspecific females whenever they were given a choice of a larger heterospecific female” Bigger is always better?

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships. Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject.

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Parrots Falcons Indonesia Rodents 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2012

Her compositions were remarkable for a blend of science with the craftsmanship of an accomplished writer and tended to reveal little-known facts, such as in her story of the chimney swift. Educated at Pennsylvania College for Women and Johns Hopkins University, she went on to become a marine biologist and eventually worked for the U.S.

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Pennsylvania Massachusetts Sanctuary 2009 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

This just doesn’t seem like rocket science to me. References: 1 U.S. Our National Wildlife Refuges need our help to remain a viable entity promoting wildlife conservation. We have a simple solution to raise more money for the National Wildlife Refuge System. A lot more money! Let’s look at some facts. million hunters.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 183

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

I was happy to see that there is a Sources section with references to major bird conservation web sites. Here is a sample of a chapter, “Ratites & Tinamous”, from the Birds in Order section. The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation, by Mike Unwin. Princeton University Press, 2011.

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Albatross Birds Campaign Protection 204

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2019

But in the mid-eighteenth century, the science of horticultural hybridization produced successful crosses of Vitis vinifera with native American grapes, resulting in hardier cultivars resistant to New World diseases but with more desirable qualities for winemaking.

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Ohio Philadelphia Fox Blackbirds 137

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This separation of different traits into individual and separate histories, each with its own selective environment, is now known as “mosaic evolution&# in reference to a mosaic showing a coherent picture, but made of many individual separate tiles. Salas-Gismondi, R., Altamirano, A., Shawkey, M., D’Alba, L., Vinther, J.,

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Penguins Seals Peru Science 197

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 25, 2014

Although your first thought may be that reading the mind of your pooch is something that only exists within the confines of a science fiction movie, this may not necessarily be true. It is believed that this device may have the ability to translate the thoughts of your puppy or dog into English words that you can easily understand.

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Dogs Pets Puppies Campaign 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

He writes about how experienced birders think, and how they draw on the sciences of weather, geography, and ecology to analyze where the birds will be. The book is full of references to recommended books , articles, and web sites. Lovitch takes the practice of birding ten steps beyond. On the other hand, this is complicated stuff!

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New Jersey Science United States Birds 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Faustus’ opening monologue by heart as it is such an impressive chain of thoughts for anyone immersed in studying natural sciences. Despite being mainly interested in botany, about which he published some of the most influencial scientific essays of his time, he was also very well acquainted with the animal kingdom.

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2011 Deer New York Science 133

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

But, I think it’s also time to start exploring new frontiers, new types of bird books, titles that allow us to leverage our citizen science data, explore the implications of local bird distribution and status changes in conjunction with related habitat and even political and legal change, and strategize for change.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 155

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This is probably one of the reasons Daniel Lewis,the author,turned from writing a popular biography to a history of ornithology as a science and the ornithologist as a profession. Lewis is Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science and Technology and Chief Curator of Manuscripts at The Huntington Library in California.

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Collecting Illinois United States Science 152

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

This exhibit has been making the rounds of science museums, and if comes to your area I highly recommend it, not just for kids. If you don’t live near a science museum, then read this chapter. The range of sizes and colors and shapes amongst frogs is just amazing!

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 188

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birding can be enjoyed at various levels of intensity, from casual birdwatching in one’s backyard to more dedicated pursuits that involve keeping birding lists, participating in birding competitions, or contributing to citizen science projects. ” Grade: A. # # # Query: What is a “nemesis bird” in birding?

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2023

Sounds a bit like some weird Nazi eugenics experiment to me, but I guess it is just science. Biologists – or as Ze Frank would say, the Science Hippies – call this ecological segregation (e.g., Does anyone know? Even more boring appearance even by the low accepted standards of bush warblers?

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Birds Science Humane Species 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 180