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The Bird Way: A Book Review

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. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

Science

Science Birds Costa Rica Research

Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi

Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bird communication is a complex and evolving science. And summary and discussion of recent research on how birds have changed the frequency and pitch of their songs in response to human noise and the possible consequences of those changes (again, we know that we don’t know). And, that’s it.

North America

North America Birds Research America

Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. Perch Press (March 24, 2020). He said, “Figure it out. Read Carl Hiaasen.”. Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017.

Wildlife Rehabilitation

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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. Argentinian Julián Quillén Vidoz, is both a co-author and an illustrator of Birds of Bolivia , and is apparently one of those multi-talented birders, with research (in Bolivia), guiding, and illustration on his resume.

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Sales in a Digital World: Adopting an Omni-Channel Approach

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2019

Author: Chanan Greenberg The sales landscape is shifting – customer service is becoming the most important factor for buyers, expected to surpass both product and price within three years, according to the Customers 2020 report.

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How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity by Douglas J. Futuyma is a synthesis of theory and research about evolution and birds. I needed to read some sections more than once to get the gist.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. 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. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Indeed, most of what we knew about Emperor Penguins before Kooyman’s research expeditions was about their breeding behavior and physiology. Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Species are arranged by family and genus along taxonomic lines, but not always in accordance with the very latest molecular DNA research. Damselflies first, then dragonflies. And, finally, we have the biographies of the authors, happily a lot longer than the five-line snapshots that typically adorn books today. Paulson received his Ph.D.

Costa Rica

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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.’ The checklist of the Louisiana Ornithological Society was at 485 as of August 2020.) ’ What was left to write about? ” I wondered.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

It does seem like the order is concurrent with the 61st Supplement, which came out in 2020, but Northwestern Crow is included as a full species. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. These are all informative and current.

North America

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. Mind you – it is indeed a description, not a video, as the research was done in 1952. My understanding is that since March 2020, the HBW is integrated into eBird ( source ).

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Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2022

And the very best and the most up-to-date field guide is “Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore”, the 2020 Lynx and BirdLife International Collection guide by Chong Leong Puan, Geoffrey Davison and Kim Chye Lim. Geoffrey Davison obtained his PhD from the University of Malaya.

Malaysia

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

China

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Collaborative List – July 2018

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross

Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers

What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 07 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows

Collaborative List – November 2018

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 07 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles

Collaborative list – August 2018

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

Sales in a Digital World: Adopting an Omni-Channel Approach

How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore

Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

Collaborative List – July 2018

Collaborative List – October 2018

Collaborative list – September 2018

What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

Collaborative list – December 2018

Collaborative List – November 2018

Collaborative list – August 2018

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