10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The list of most-threatened birds continues; all of these birds could lose more than 99 percent of their current range in at least one season by 2080: Baird’s Sparrow. Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group. Black Rosy-Finch. Brown-headed Nuthatch. What a horror!

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Species Science Los Angeles Birds 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird. Possibly a survivor of siblicide (which would make it a killer, right?). They are more successful catching food when looking with their right eye but the males prefer to look at the females with their left eye.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 216

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

The Karlson-Rosselet BBI approach is theoretically based on hemispheric brain differences, the idea that the left side of our brain processes stimuli analytically in a linear manner and the right side of our brain processes what we see and hear creatively and holistically. There Is No Left Brain/Right Brain Divide by Stephen M.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners World Sparrow Day 2011 Why are Birds So Important to People? Wicked, right? Get yours today! Or These Blasts From The Past Transitional Fossil?

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Deer Owls 2011 New York 141

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat? And if you look into it enough, it presents a classic case where science can fail us. I believe in science. Science is based on logic and evidence, which I think is a very respectable way to look at the world. Science, for many years, has done no better.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 212

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Phenology is a vital science. Not, sadly, in the sense that I’m actually sipping mai tais on a beach in Bali right now, but in the sense that it’s actually at least two distinct seasons, lumped together as one because they’re both cold. But good phenology is hard.

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Bald Eagle Montana Owls Dogs 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

Gulls and sparrows are tough but manageable; Empids may require DNA analysis (as it actually did in the case of the non-vocalizing Western Flycatcher seen in Central Park, NYC in November 2015). Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston.

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Los Angeles North America America Species 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Shakespeare was, supposedly , the reason starlings, house sparrows, and other non-native birds were introduced to North America. Ten thousand years ago, Thomas notes, house sparrows were unknown in Britain. By the time of Queen Elizabeth I, they were considered vermin, a bounty placed on their small heads.

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Humane Species North America Sparrows 104

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Herpetology Vs. Ornithology Herpetology Vs. Ornithology By Corey • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share If you like science and comic strips you definitely want to read xkcd. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer New York Owls 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Audubon Rebrand Don’t Be a Slob Birder First I and the Bird of 2010 is Coming… Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline “Science Versus Snake Oil&# About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Time will tell how much good science can be wrung from the data (due to observer bias, misidentifications, the vastly differing skillsets of contributing observers, under-birded areas, etc.),

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San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 172

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. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Deer New York Science 132

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

At the recent Swarovski Social Media Summit in Arizona, Nate proselytized passionately for the program that both manages your sightings and contributes them to science. The IOC has been on a mission to remove all grammatically incorrect hyphens from common names , but eBird required me to manually return every one to its rightful place.

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Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

As in the first edition, all bird images for all species are drawn facing or flying right. In the case of hawks, this often means flying up and to the right, and in the case of White-breasted Nuthatch, this means facing down and to the right. But, always to the right. I wish we had the equivalent for color.

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North America Birds Species America 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This led to a correspondence with Spencer Fullerton Baird, then assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, the mentor of many naturalist/scientists of Ridgway’s generation, himself a disciple of John James Audubon, and, yes, the Baird of Baird’s Sparrow. That’s a photo of Ridgway’s office on the right, fifth floor of the South Tower.

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Collecting Illinois United States Science 151

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

The poem is on the left side of each two-page spread and a factual paragraph about the nesting process–usually brief, but sometimes fairly detailed–is located on the right side. Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page.

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 155

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Sagebrush Sparrow – Artemisiospiza nevadensis. LeConte’s Sparrow – Ammospiza leconteii. Baird’s Sparrow – Centronyx bairdii. Henslow’s Sparrow – Centronyx henslowii. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 29 Sep 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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. In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years!

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

That’s right – birds eating clay. The thousands of hours of observations that have been added up over the years would not have been possible without the help of the many volunteers and assistants who have offered their time and energy in the cause of science and conservation. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Mayr technically studied medical sciences, but he was a true and fanatic/fantastic birder and this was the reason for him choosing Greifswald over any other university – he wanted to go birding there. Wicked, right? SIGH Well, I guess I should apologize for hijacking your post. I am clearly not. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Here’s a tidbit from the NRA’s Hunters’ Rights website: “Sandhill cranes are hunted much like geese, with decoys set in fields and hunters stationed in blinds. Wicked, right? Isn’t that neat? we allow limited (by season and bag limits) hunting on populations of game animals that can sustain it.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252