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JUNE 15, 2014

But while one a whale-watching trip with his family on Saturday and seeing only Herring Gulls at the back of the boat for a good half-hour, he heard Desi, his four-and-a-half-year-old son, pipe up with “There’s a Laughing Gull !

2014 209

2014 Whales Whaling New York 209

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a total surprise while on a family outing to Edgemere Landfill in Queens. Around this time of year, I keep an eye out for White-throated Sparrows landing around my home… they were right on time! Instead, they ended up watching a Say’s Phoebe enjoying those same insects.

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2014 Sparrows Birds Family 186

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MAY 12, 2014

Scientific names don’t reflect the massive changes to species in the warbler family. Tanagers are listed in the table of contents as members of the Tanager, Thraupidae , family, not members of the cardinal and grosbeak, Cardinalidae , family. Cool Springs Press, March 2014, 224 pages, 8.2 by Noble Proctor.

2006 251

2006 2014 Connecticut North America 251

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JUNE 9, 2015

On March 16, 2014, I saw and heard a raven flying overhead in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The family has continued hanging around Chelsea since, and it’s a lot of fun watching (and hearing!) In 2010, Common Ravens nested in Queens. They’ve also recently nested in the Bronx and nearby in New Jersey.

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New York City New York 2015 New Jersey 266

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Corey will be birding Greene County with family and friends. If you’re fretting the end of summer, don’t forget that you still have plenty of time left to enjoy it! I just returned from a brief but exciting trip to Colombia and will take this weekend to catch my breath. How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.

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Colombia Psychology 2014 Birds 168

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APRIL 30, 2017

Phillipps: Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition (2014): I couldn’t find anything in the introduction, but it appears to be generally a combination of traditional (1993) and newer (2009) taxonomy, review here. Order of bird families, non-songbirds. Phillipps, Q. &

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Brunei 2009 2014 2016 209

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APRIL 6, 2014

By the beginning of September the family had decided to move north and over two nights they moved through the area on Cable Beach that is the busiest during the day. Although it would seem a risky move it was to get the family to a reef that is exposed on low tide to the north.

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2007 Eggs 2014 2002 201

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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. Hopefully I will see at least that many species in 2014! And what do you think they will be in 2014?

2013 225

2013 New York City Nevada Trinidad 225

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. Checklist lists 955 species in 86 families, with 152 rare/accidental species, three extirpated species, five introduced species, and nine endemics). For context, the IOC version 13.1

Costa Rica 246

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Part Two: The Family Live of Selected Species” describes and illustrates the family lives of 49 species in 25 chapters.

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Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. His wildlife photographs have been published in birding and mountaineering magazines and his devotion to his very favorite bird family, the Albatross, have been documented in his book, Around the World for Albatrosses (2019). Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 279

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APRIL 5, 2022

It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. It reminds me a lot of Rare Birds of North America , the 2014 book by Steve N. Don’t worry.

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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 264

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JANUARY 6, 2015

I reviewed the New Jersey volume in May 2014 and, being in Florida at the moment, I thought this was a good time to take a closer look at both the Florida volume, published just last month, and the Colorado volume, published in June 2014. (I December 2014. Scott & Nix, Inc., 320 pages; 0.8 Scott & Nix, Inc.,December

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Colorado Florida New Jersey North America 267

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Since I saw my first in February of 2014 at Breezy Point I have had two more encounters, both in February of 2015, both at Jacob Riis Park. This pair of birds on Jamaica Bay’s East Pond had been around for several days by the time that I got to see them in early September 2014. Lapland Longspur, 31 Oct 2010, 17 Feb 2014.

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2010 2013 2011 2012 160

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

When I went to Honduras in 2014, I was advised to use The Birds of Costa Rica by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean (2014) and The Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve N.G. It has been a long time between field guides for most of these countries. Howell and Sophie Webb (a classic, but big and published in 1995).

El Salvador 235

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 235

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I The plates show differing plumages as required by the individual families and species. Press, March 2014; UK: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd; 2014.

Brunei 221

Brunei Asia Birds China 221

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APRIL 25, 2022

One would think that a bird named Grey Butcherbird is a shrike or at least related to shrikes (which are commonly called butcherbirds), but one would be wrong, as Duncan already explained in a 2014 post for 10,000 Birds. The Australasian Figbird is a member of the Oriole family despite not being yellow. Female below.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

” Although some doves get as much respect as the late Rodney Dangerfield, we shouldn’t let commonality cloud our view of this big, beautiful family. “No respect!” Those who ignore the doves would miss out on crazy feathered beings like the Orange Dove , or (gasp!) one of the crowned-pigeons.

Costa Rica 209

Costa Rica Bolivia Rats South America 209

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

I had taken the short drive to the park to search for a family of American Dippers sighted near the visitor center by a fellow birder a few days before. 4 Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project (2014). It was July of 2012. I arrived at Lassen Volcanic National Park around 7:00 a.m. It was a cool 48 degrees.

Woodpeckers 209

Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 209

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Twelve family accounts have been added. It is 72 pages longer than the first edition. An undisclosed number of family and species accounts have been updated. Nine photographers contributed most of the photographs used to illustrate the family sections, including Richard Crossley, Kevin T. Over 70 range maps were updated.

North America 195

North America America Family Falcons 195

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JULY 7, 2021

A brief personal digression: I moved back into the house I grew up in back in 2014, my parents vacated at the end of 2016. Whether it is birding tourism or simply spreading awareness about biodiversity, it is always with the aim of getting us humanoids to treat nature a little (ideally, a lot) better.

Opossums 264

Opossums Barn Owls Reptiles Hunting 264

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JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 267

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JANUARY 1, 2023

Way back in 2014, when I saw my first Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo near the little town of Pino Real, and shared the sighting on a birders’ chat group, it took just over a month for the first biologist/ornithologist to visit me. But he regularly visits family in Morelia. It seems he had looked long and wide for this species.

Mexico 275

Mexico Cuba Species Turkey 275

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2013

Nemesis Bird has come on strong with a core of great young birders twitching rarities at a pace that astounds those of us with full-time jobs and families. Perhaps some birders should pitch in together and decide ahead of time to do a big year blog together in 2014? That would be a blog to be reckoned with! … I and the Bird.

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Birds Groups Singapore 2014 256

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Stories enhance his 2014 history of modern ornithology, Ten Thousand Birds ( co-written with Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie). ’ Ironically, this is from Birds of Australia , which scholars and art historians suspect was more Elizabeth’s work than John’s.*. .

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 264

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MAY 6, 2016

Once you eliminate the risque jokes (I know, I know, but it’s a family blog) the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet might have the most comical name in American birding. The tyrant flycatchers, in turn, derive their name from the first member of the family to land a Latin name, the Eastern Kingbird.

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Costa Rica Family 2014 Collecting 121

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MARCH 5, 2017

In early 2014 the rainfall was good and flooded the main highway south from Broome and made for some excellent birding from your car. The area remained flooded for several months in 2014 and there was significant road damage, but over the months the birding improved as more and more birds arrived in the area.

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Geese Breeding Eggs 2014 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 4, 2014

On April 15th, 2014, Skittles required emergency surgery due to an intestinal obstruction. So far, Bridget has raised over 50% from friends, family, and animal lovers from all over, which is amazing! Reader Bridget needs our help! Thank goodness, he is out of surgery and healing now.

Massachusetts 100

Massachusetts Medical No Kill Shelters 100

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Fortunately for we humans, placing primates properly phylogenetically in relation to the other mammals requires an act or two of faith at the deeper ends of the family tree, but it is probably true that primates and rodents share a common stock to the exclusion of others, so maybe we are all mice. Naish, D., & Dyke, G.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 248

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MARCH 3, 2020

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 243

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Saturday morning, 30 August 2014, was a perfect time for shorebirding at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond. And, happily, the shorebirds even remembered to show up! From my initial entry onto the East Pond at the south end I was immersed in shorebirds.

Jamaica 257

Jamaica Bald Eagle Eagles South America 257

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JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh, who years ago helped me find my first Pauraque in the Rio Grande Valley , visited Peru as part of the 2014 World Birding Rally, where he stopped thinking of himself as an experienced birder. And I, like some dowager countess in a birding vest, am expected to know each one’s family at a glance and greet them by name.

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Peru South America Birds Kenya 255

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Lockwood and Bruch Freeman was a model of its kind—the definitive book on the status, abundance and distribution of birds in one of our largest states, both in terms of geographical size and checklist—and the second edition, published ten years later in 2014, continues to set the bar high. Texas A&M University Press; Second Edition, 2014.

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Pennsylvania Texas Whaling Whales 189

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts.

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Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 181

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Penguins New York 200

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AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. Scott’s was fined $12.5

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

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AUGUST 27, 2023

I could observe where the family had come down to the ocean at night on the big tides. Pied Oystercatcher family footprints in the soft sand and down to the high tide mark The two Pied Oystercatcher chicks were obedient and hid when they were told by their parents. One large Pied Oystercatcher family !

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Eggs Australia Protection Breeding 130