10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2012

The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into. Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern United States with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back.

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New Jersey North Carolina Sparrows Connecticut 221

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2013

and a handful more ( Rock Pigeon , House Sparrow , and my first native bird, White-Throated Sparrow ), but for the most part I’ve been sticking to indoor pursuits here in chilly New York City. But in one of the gaps of the fence, a House Sparrow perches, stretching briefly. House Sparrows particularly, in the U.S.,

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Arkansas Memphis Sparrows Geese 101

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JUNE 23, 2019

John Porter McCown, who shot the first recorded specimen of this species known to Euro-American science, was a Confederate general, a high-ranking officer in the insurrection led by the southern plantocracy to preserve and expand Slavery and the mode of white supremacy which it supported. Wilson’s Plover ?

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Birds North America Cooking Campaign 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2013

The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from field marks, vocalizations, status and distribution to historical records and hypothetical patterns of vagrancy. The problem?

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San Francisco Fox Sparrows California 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ’ What was left to write about? ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2016

Birders will also enjoy such moments as Audubon’s first encounter with the Lincoln’s Sparrow and his observations of the mysterious Washington’s Eagle.

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Emotional Fox Sparrows Washington 137

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

”* And then, my bird club friends started talking about alternate warbler songs and sparrow dialects and I thought, “Really? And, that sparrow I heard in California that sounded so different really is a Song Sparrow?” Bird communication is a complex and evolving science.

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North America Research Birds Groups 278

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated birders. What records will fall in 2013?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.* I wish Karlson and Rosselet had cited scientific articles explaining the basics of brain psychobiology to support their ideas.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

In the middle of the 20 th century bluebird populations across the country plummeted because of a decrease in nesting cavities, habitat loss, severe climatic events, and competition from introduced species such as House Sparrows. What resulted was one of the greatest conservation success stories of the last half-century.

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Idaho North America America Science 188

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

But we won’t let science get in the way of Fremont’s claim – which is actually one of the better ones from the many places on earth that claim this distinction. And yes, three of those eight species are Rock Pigeon, European Starling, and House Sparrow.).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

In the slightly frighteningly named journal “Science of The Total Environment”, there is a paper on organochlorine compounds in Purple Heron eggs nesting in sites located around a chloralkali plant (Ebro River). Summary result: relevant chemicals emitted by the plant can be found in the eggs.

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Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

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AUGUST 15, 2018

The next morning we were on the island exploring and going for a hike out to Ewing cove, where I ran across Hammonds Flycatchers, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Spotted Towhees, Savannah Sparrows, House Wrens, Bewick’s Wrens, White-crowned Sparrows , and a pair of Black Oystercatchers along the shore where we landed the dinghy.

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Oregon Bald Eagle Owls Groups 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

• 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? Or These Blasts From The Past Transitional Fossil?

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Deer Owls 2011 New York 141

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Zamorano University may be regarded as one of the crown jewels of Latin American higher education, particularly in the areas of agriculture, environmental management, and food science, but this idyllic campus excels for more reasons than simply academics. Zamorano happens to be incredibly birdy.

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Honduras Birds Kentucky Research 135

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

and is currently events coordinator for the American Birding Association and a research associate in the Ornithology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. I myself will be starting with the chapters on Marsh Sparrows. Le Conte’s Sparrow!” George was a tour leader for Field Guides, Inc.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

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.

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2011 Deer New York Owls 153

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Species order follows the AOU Checklist of North American Birds up to the 2015 supplement (so warblers come before sparrows), with a variation– certain subspecies are treated as full species (Eurasian Teal, Western Willet, Audubon’s Warblers, Red Fox Sparrow, and more). . This is a project that clearly spanned decades.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

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.

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2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The citizen science aspect is a big hit with many users, and eBirding areas with little existing data can be fun as well. A lot of birders don’t really care about lists besides their life list, which is great. Set a goal for yourself. Buy a couple of books and get into the field! Patch birding.

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Birds Portland Oregon 2015 201

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 128

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 170

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. Baird, Brewer, Cory, Bicknell, and Worthen all make appearances. It’s challenging reading.

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Collecting Illinois United States Science 148

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page. The birds are instantly recognizable to anyone who’s birded New York City: Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, American Robin, House Sparrow, European Starling.

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In Shanghai, one way to find out was to measure the concentration of these chemicals in Eurasian Tree Sparrows from different locations. Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers. But I may well be wrong.

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Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

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. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2023

Two weeks later, it was a young math and science teacher from Oregon named Brent who asked me to take him with me. Black-chested and Stripe-headed Sparrows , Yellow-winged Caciques , Northern Beardless-Tyrannulets , Thick-billed Kingbirds , Golden-cheeked Woodpeckers , Varied Buntings , they all showed up.

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Mexico Oregon Squirrels Science 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver – Plocepasser mahali. Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow – Passer shelleyi. Golden-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia atricapilla. Northern Gray-headed Sparrow – Passer griseus. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 26 Nov 2019. 26 Nov 2019. 26 Nov 2019.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 139

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. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

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.

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

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. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects to the project.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2018

” Long before the science and physiology of taste were formally understood, brewers knew to avoid jarring combinations of sour and bitter flavors that signal poisons to our brains. If you can advertise beer with Clydesdale horses, bull terriers, and bullfrogs, I don’t see why you can’t use a Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

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Collecting St. Louis Dogs Sparrows 100

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. SIGH Well, I guess I should apologize for hijacking your post.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

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 204

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. They are also raised commercially for meat and eggs, as described in that beacon of ornithological knowledge, the World’s Poultry Science Journal. Thank god that this does not apply to humans. They can also learn phonetic categories ( source ).

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Birds China Eggs Owls 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

The segment falls short of really explaining the importance of citizen science, however, and I can’t help but wonder if the anti-science perspective that creationism espouses is the reason. If your perspective on the natural world is fundamentally anti-science then how can you hope to explain scientific concepts?

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Science Owls Pennsylvania United States 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 07 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018. 09 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100