10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.

Turkey 204

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 204

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

First published in 1973 in association with the Asa Wright Center, the book focuses on species descriptions, with illustrations grouped together in plates positioned in the center of the book. The guide covers 477 species, an expansion of 35 from the second edition, which was published in 1991. The AOU has not accepted that split.

Trinidad 198

Trinidad South America Birds 2011 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Even if you don’t live in the summer range of a particular species, you may have opportunities to observe it while it passes through, especailly if you live in an active flyway, like I happen to. Because the ancestor of this species of bird migrated, and the migratory adaptation and all that entails were passed on.

Compassion 194

Compassion Humane Research Egypt 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

Greeney, also part of the Helm Identification series, it focuses on two avian families, combining the information necessary for identification with the latest research on taxonomy and behavior, particularly breeding behavior, and the latest conservation news and status. Introduction.

Guinea 263

Guinea Papua New Guinea Birds Family 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news! ” ( source ).

Australia 232

Australia Birds Mountain Goats Ducks 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches).

Eggs 263

Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2019

Perhaps you don’t know it yet, but with more than 1000 bird species, palm-fringed sandy beaches, developed tourism infrastructure, moderate prices and political stability, Thailand is a country you definitively want to visit. Among them are 20 endemics and near-endemics, and 58 vagrant species. And what do you need to pack?

Thailand 192

Thailand Zambia Asia Birds 192

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

How can we say that magic is a farce when the May blossoms are backdropping bright, breeding plumaged Canadas , Magnolias , Chestnut-sideds , chocolate Bay-breasteds , and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ? It will be birding on the sly at its best and if the birds are singing, I might even break 100 species.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2001 2016 Battery 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There are 35 raptor species that have a presence in the United States and Canada, 56 (more or less) if you count by subspecies, and they are all covered in admirable, exhausting, unbelievable detail in B irds of Prey of the East: A Field Guide and Birds of Prey of the West: A Field Guide by Brian K. Species Accounts.

North America 193

North America Mississippi Bald Eagle Falcons 193

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2018

Gallardo has been a professional bird guide in Honduras since 2001 and first came to the country as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1993 (his “Chronology of Field Work in Honduras” is a chapter in the book). Species Accounts. The Species Accounts are arranged in a rough AOS taxonomic order. Wrens I by Michael DiGiorgio.

Honduras 104

Honduras Birds 2015 Family 104

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Puerto Rico has a checklist of 269 species, 207 of which are migratory and the USVI has a checklist of 149 species, 124 of which are migratory. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)

Puerto Rico 156

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 156

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

Wheeler (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), and A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (Wheeler and Clark, Princeton University Press, 2003), and you have a whole lot of excellent hawk identification books and field guides. Thirty-four species of hawks are covered in the book. Clark and Brian K. Let’s take a look at the book itself.

Bald Eagle 214

Bald Eagle North America Falcons Owls 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy. Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.

North America 150

North America Sparrows America United States 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

I therefore finished the year on a high note, seeing quite a few species I scarcely got to see during the previous years. So here they are, my top 10 bird species of 2016, in no particular order except for No. This allowed for my first very nice views at this species since the year 2001, which made me very happy.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2019

With 600+ bird species and a two-week trip with possibly a 250 species-list (the best sites are in the northwest and west of the country), my answer is a definitive “yes”. 600 distribution maps, the “Birds of Cambodia” covers 629 species recorded in the country to date. A holiday in Cambodia? In 1400 illustrations and c.

Cambodia 152

Cambodia Birds 2001 Asia 152