10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2021

The most common one, Manila tamarind, is wildly inaccurate, since the tree is native to southwestern Mexico, not Manila, and its only connection to tamarind trees is that both are in different subfamilies of the huge legume family. I go there every year around this time, because in 2016 I saw Sinaloa Martins migrating north to breed.

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2020 Mexico 2016 California 279

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JANUARY 3, 2023

I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 285

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2019

Perhaps this ancient connection can explain the wholly unexpected appearance of a Gyrfalcon on the label of this week’s wine: the 2016 Aglianico del Vulture “Gricos” from the Grifalco (“Gyrfalcon”) vineyards run by the Piccin family near Monte Vulture in Basilicata. Good birding and happy drinking!

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2016 Iceland Falcons Egypt 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

Rheindt: Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (2016): based on current taxonomy (see above). The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above. Order of bird families, non-songbirds. Order of bird families, songbirds. van Balen, N. Brickle & F. Do you see a problem? I see a problem.

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Brunei 2009 2014 2016 184

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2018

Before (May 2016, by Zeljko Stanimirovic)…. There is not a slightest trace of asphalt, nor the promised sewage ponds, which may be good for the two Little Ringed Plover families incubating their eggs at the site as we speak, but is far from good for the people living there. Only the future of that picture worries me.

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Eagles Otters Serbia 2016 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Superb Lyrebird by John Burgoyne ©2020 .

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Science Costa Rica Birds Research 257

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2016

I’m heading down to NYC for family festivities, though you won’t find me in Times Square rocking in the New Year. Will there be more in 2017–more birds, more places, more friends? As you take stock of your last 365 days, consider what would have made that span richer, then resolve to have more of that this year.

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2016 2017 Birds Family 127

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2017

For the last several years, I have produced a small run of calendars for my fiends and family. While I am not going to post all twelve, here are my favorite 6 images ( including the feature image above) from the first 10 months of 2016. The best 12 images of the previous year. Least Grebe. Varied Bunting. Mangrove Warbler.

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2017 Culling 2016 Mexico 151

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2016

For the sake of family peace, I left my bins at home, which meant that the tastiest species I could put a name to was Dark-eyed Junco , which I’ll be seeing a ton of over the coming months. This thought came to mind as I wondered how many of the people whose circles overlap mine put up their Christmas trees this weekend like we did.

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2016 Birds Owls Family 124

10,000 Birds

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

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 242

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I have lots of family visiting this weekend, which will likely curtail avian observation. Give to those organizations and work for those organizations. Last but not least, get out and enjoy nature… you never know who you’ll run into on the trail. How about you?

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2016 Birds America Protection 124

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Text is on the left, plates are on the right. Both genus names and species names are listed.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

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.

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Opossums Barn Owls Reptiles Hunting 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

All photos were taken in Australia in December 2016 – locations included Brisbane and surroundings, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Melbourne, and the coast near Melbourne. The Australasian Figbird is a member of the Oriole family despite not being yellow. When there are no streetlights around, they grudgingly accept trees as well.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

A fourth Appendix chapter, “Future Splits and Taxonomic Changes” explains which 2016 American Ornithologists Union taxonomic order changes the authors were able to incorporate, and not incorporate into the guide, which was on its way to publication. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 2016, 448 pages, 4.5

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 235

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JANUARY 4, 2017

In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. Common Loons , or Great Northern Divers, are one of those iconic birds that I remember vividly from days before being a birder.

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United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 Singapore 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2016

This weekend, I’ll be heading out to Lake Michigan to really soak in summer moods with extended family. Corey will be enjoying immediate family in the Capitol Region, so look for him at the Vly. Right glad to meet the evenings dewy veil. & & see the light fade into glooms around. How about you?

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Michigan 2016 Family Birds 100

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JULY 24, 2016

Corey spent the weekend camping in the northern Catskills Mountains and was extremely pleased to have a family of fledged Eastern Kingbirds in and around the campsite. But if I have to pick a living bird, American Kestrels hunting along farm roads always work for me. Tyrannus tyrannus is an exemplary Best Bird of the Weekend. How about you?

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2016 Farming Hunting Birds 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2016

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was either of a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers that he saw at the Ramshorn Livingston Sanctuary in Catskill, New York, while he was on a walk with his family.

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2016 Sanctuary Woodpeckers New York 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called “Field Guides” and the first clue will be: “This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn’t available in the United State until 2019.” This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2016

I have family visiting this weekend, which means my chances of getting out into the field seem slim. The last weekend of April may as well be May, which we know is a major month of migration. Don’t miss it! Wish me luck!

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2016 Birds Family 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2016

Corey and family will be visiting central New York and enjoying what avifauna the Capital Region has to offer. March forth, my friends, to birds and greatness! March marks the time when raptors and owls begin to migrate through western New York; with hope, I’ll find a few this weekend. How about you?

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New York 2016 Owls Birds 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

My family and I indulged this weekend in the kind of deep-fried treats you can only find at the New York State Fair… bacon-wrapped corn dog, anyone? And while this scorching season may technically be rolling on until the equinox, today serves as the official unofficial last day of summer in the U.S.

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New York City 2016 New York Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2017

The year 2016 is done and gone and 2017 beckons us onward, bright and new and shiny, hopefully full of birds. I had a bunch of birds to choose from this weekend as I spent the afternoon hiking upstate with the family and all morning on Sunday building up my new year list.

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2017 2016 New York Birds 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

India was not on my list of places to go in 2016. I had not planned on birding India in 2016, but I’m very happy I did. So, I birded India, land of Indian Peafowl , Saag Paneer (my favorite Indian dish) and Tigers. And, I need to wave hello to my fellow and sister birders, with whom I had so much fun.

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India Tigers Owls Birds 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2016

Corey and his family are absorbing as much of the American West as they can fit in as they drive from Colorado to the West Coast. I’ve been engaged in a series of home improvement projects that have kept me out of the field. However, I’m really hoping to get into nature this weekend. Expect plenty of photos! How about you?

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Colorado United States 2016 Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They were simply sent to Family Court. Laysan albatrosses are ocean-dwelling seabirds who have 6-foot wingspans, weigh 7-8 pounds, occasionally sleep while flying, and rarely land except to raise their chicks. Gutierrez was 18.

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Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 255

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Having added the new additions to my 2016 year list I noted we had not yet seen a member of the Fantail or Robin family as yet. Our first encounter of a Northern Fantail for 2016! Our return visit to Kununurra had added a Fantail and a Robin to our 2016 year list!

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2016 Shelters Fish Australia 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2020

A pair of Pestvogelen : Bohemian Waxwings ( Bombycilla garrulus ) from Nederlandsche vogelen (“ Dutch Birds” ) by naturalist and illustrator Cornelius Nozeman (1720-1786) and Christiaan Andreas Sepp (1700-1775) and Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) of the famous Amsterdam publishing family.

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Farming New York Europe France 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

Both men lead trips for tour company Tropical Birding (Barnes is a founder), and they have also co-authored Wildlife of Madagascar (another WildGuide volume, 2016), Birding Ethiopia (with Christian Boix, 2010) and Wild Rwanda (with Christian Boix, 2015). Warbler Rainfrog is one of the few rainfrogs that prefers disturbed habitats.

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Mammals 188

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Family happenings. In 2016 she founded Packed with Purpose , a corporate gifting company that embeds social impact into the everyday act of gift-giving, from empowering underserved women with job skills to supporting sustainability efforts. Of course, the topic of COVID-19 is top of mind for many. Recently established hobbies.

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Branding 2016 Experience Experiments 127

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).

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New York City Fox Owls California Condor 223

10,000 Birds

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. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, November 2016, 496 p.

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Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 153

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

In addition to that warm, fuzzy feeling, here are some other highs and lows from March 29th, 2016 in southernmost Israel: No rain : Coming from deluge-prone Costa Rica, this was a personal highlight. The generous, friendly, loving nature of the Champions of the Flyway Race was one of the biggest highlights for me. VisitIsrael!

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Israel Costa Rica Eagles Raised 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Novas, published in Nature (Published on line, 12 October 2016). Very few other vertebrates use sound so socially and so critically. Fish are mostly silent on the matter.

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Primates Groups Collecting Bats 174