10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) 3) What was the best guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago? 2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2024

She did just that, and the fact that they were well used gave exactly the right impression she needed of someone who knew, when it came to birds, what she was talking about. It’s difficult to explain why, but it just feels right. I’ve no idea what binoculars the current CEO of the RSPB, Rebecca Speight, uses.

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Austria Factory Branding Germany 215

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. The Scarlet Ibis show at Caroni Swamp.

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2013 New York City New York Trinidad 179

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. I think we do have the right to expect that artwork and species descriptions when repeated are current, reflect recent studies and taxonomic thought. © 2023 by Steve N. .” © 2023 by Steve N.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2015

Bird species that require further research. Although the proposal failed to pass, more than one person who voted on it mentioned that Howell was probably right but that a more thorough study was needed. Bird species that require further research and for which we need recordings. from Mexico south to Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Species South America America 223

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

I don’t want some researcher a hundred years from now wondering if my single-observer White-winged Dove in Queens was real so I had to add a photo. You can’t even see my visit to Trinidad and Tobago on this map but you definitely notice Kazakhstan !). So, of course, I’ve spent a couple of hours uploading some more.

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New York Kazakhstan Trinidad Branding 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Text is on the left, plates are on the right. Images of each species are grouped together, with the brightest colored bird, usually the adult male, on the far right, and duller plumages–female and immature–to the left. The images on the right, from the Peru field guide, are more intense in color.

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