10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2017

We spent a day on the beach, a morning on Turkey Creek, and took walks around the neighborhood. The small, black-and-white booklet has over 500 species, with spaces for locations and dates. Second, they are usually organized by species groups, and thus point out holes in one’s birding strategy. ” I wondered.

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Florida Fish 2013 Turkey 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. Until turkey size or so. So go read that for sure, and revel in the excellent graphics.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 207

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures.

Mountain Lions 267

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 267

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. The Little Big Year numbers up to this point are as follows: Little Big Year species – 908. US species – 243. Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico.

New Mexico 113

New Mexico Mexico Tucson Costa Rica 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

The newest bird on the brink to capture her fertile imagination is the California Condor, on which she graciously shares her research and ruminations: Sometimes as a writer you recognize there’s been something overlooked in your midst—something quietly abiding. You think of turkey dressed in black. And they continue to ingest lead.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 224

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. You can see the Species Account for Henslow’s Sparrow above, in the banner photo. A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. The second page is the map page.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 245

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

BOC has 95 colour plates illustrating more than 400 species (three country endemics, Cyprus Wheatear , Cyprus Scops Owl and Cyprus Warbler , among them), with text and distribution maps on facing pages. His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region.

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Cyprus Saudi Arabia Europe Birds 262

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The story of the White-winged Guan , in some ways resembles the re-discovery of some species thought to be extinct. Some remained stored for decades before a researcher would pick them up and inquired about these poorly documented specimens. The decades of storage in a museum came after it was regarded as an extinct species.

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Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. Now we move on to the Neognathae , which also has two very deep branches that lead to all the other living species of birds. Erich Jarvis discuss key findings. ). were revolutionary for using 32,000 base pairs!) This is why.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2017

This just happens to be the exact combination that provides for many species of birds, including the exceptional Acorn Woodpeckers , Melanerpes formicivorus, subspecies M. I had made the trip to this area to continue my research data and photo collection on the Acorn Woodpeckers , but the balance of my day turned out to be pretty amazing.

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Woodpeckers Camels Mexico Turkey 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2018

Later on, as my research got a little bit more detailed, this might just turn out to be a huge stop. 5 new species in the first hour, with a Olive-backed Sunbird, Helmeted Friarbird , a Varied Triller, White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike and the Australasian Figbird, and we hadn’t even got out of the park yet!

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2000 Rights Turkey Parrots 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

Mai Po Nature Reserve : world famous locale for shorebirds, waterfowl, waders, and wetland birds; wintering grounds for certain endangered species. The combination of these scheduled and informal birding efforts culminated in an amazing 135 species seen, many of which were lifers for me! Do your research. SPECIES LIST.

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2014 Eagles Asia Groups 232

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

I never researched the resort, imagining that it lacked the amenities my family wanted, but visiting for dinner allowed us to rent its grandeur without forking over the considerable room rates. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

They submitted 144 checklists, noting 628 species adding 72 to the year’s running total bringing it to 1890. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Ocellated Turkey – Meleagris ocellata. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. 18 Aug 2017. Blue Ridge Road.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No, And then, in 1996, a farmer/fossil-hunter named Li Yinfang found a unique fossil in his home province of Liaoning–a beautifully preserved turkey-sized creature that clearly had feathers.

Mongolia 195

Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

They found 673 species and advanced the yearly total to 1019. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 149 lists were submitted from 6 countries by 10 beats.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. 332-3) Those are all compelling reasons to not feed your children meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey, etc.) Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Never mind all that.

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 23 Aug 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Who is going to tell the clans?

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154