10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

and dreaming of a place where the heat is moderate, beer snake-cold and birds innumerable… Let’s say, where the average annual maximum varies from 22 to 24 degrees Celsius / 72 to 75 Fahrenheit and where some 700+ bird species – 24 of them endemic – are waiting for an intrepid birder… Answer to the riddle?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2013

I was lucky to work with the species on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals. Learning to fly involves testing the wings. The important thing is that I get to see albatrosses and he doesn’t. Not yours. I’m not quite sure how he manages it, actually. When I was on Tern Island the chicks were mostly grown up.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2013

Peripatetic ornithologist Nick Sly has long been a friend of the blog here and has contributed such classics as Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult and Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral. This kind of detailed genetic and developmental work has traditionally relied on model species in the lab (aka chickens).

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE will feature a team of free-divers and conservationists putting their safety on the line to separate myth from reality and dispel negative myths about sharks while raising public awareness about shark species which are being driven to extinction. But what other factors lead to these potentially fatal encounters?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2013

After you have your scope and your camera adapter, take that equipment to a camera store and test away. I had read Mike McDowell’s blog and got an idea of the camera I wanted and could afford, but kept an open mind while we tested different cameras with the scope.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

The smellier the better, particularly as, unusually for birds, many species can boast a robust sense of smell. In any case, our hang-ups with vultures clearly stem from our own issues rather than any inherently bizarre trait of the species themselves. Vultures famously feed on carrion. Dead things. New World Vultures.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 179

Critter News

JULY 20, 2009

It's a site that, according to its own description, is half reader blogs and half press releases from research institutions. Testing drugs on animal is unpleasant. There is only one alternative to testing drugs on animals: testing them on humans. I'm not going into why I do not support animal research. How about this?

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Medical Research Animal Research Medical Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Checking for moult limits on a female Band-tailed Manakin to determine her age Imagine learn or improving your mist-netting, bird banding, handling, aging, and Neotropical bird ID skills in one of the most exuberantly natural surroundings ( 599 bird species recorded at Explorer’s Inn and Sachavacayoc Centre!)

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Peru 2011 Deer 2010 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

For Corey, this was a weekend without a single standout species but with many birds that were pretty darn neat. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Though I only managed a rather poor photo for the blog!) Enjoy the details and proof here. Get yours today! link] Donna S.

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2011 Deer Owls Lions 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

However, the species sometimes referred to as the Barbary Duck appears very much out of place just about everywhere else. Sandy Hook Sightings About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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Ducks 2011 Deer Costa Rica 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past A Birding High For Lowe’s Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011) Bird-Blogging Against Racism Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2010) Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of December 2010? Turkeys, 3 or 4 species of woodpeckers, all kinds of song birds grace our view constantly.

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2011 Deer South Dakota Costa Rica 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. To that end, the principals have created a terrific site called Conserving the Future: Refuges and the Next Generation to elicit votes and comments.

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2011 Deer Wildlife Birds 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Driving along ice-choked inlets off Lake Ontario, admiring Mute Swans and scaup species, my commitment to nail this nemesis never wavered. Birding Seattle About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Enjoy the details and proof here.

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2011 Deer Owls New York 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting. I overlooked the date.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 244

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. In one simple blog post, it is impossible to address even the most basic questions about bird migration. Well, not really.

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Compassion Humane Research Egypt 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

No need to page through dozens of plates of similar looking species anymore. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. Thank you for your continued informational blog. Off to the Amazon? Chirp chirp.

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Burkina Faso 2011 Deer Birds 156

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Like many other species, the Chinese Nuthatch is expected to be affected by climate change. For this and a few other species, a 2003 paper tries to estimate this effect and concludes that depending on which of two scenarios will occur, the range reduction will be 79.8-80.4% Third note: no more notes. Let’s move to the birds).

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Mongolia Hedgehogs Russia Morals 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

are up next, with a wonderful Australian species: It is very hard to choose a Best Bird of the Year any year. The male of this species has a royal blue throat, a white chest and rump, and a long v-shaped tail with intermittent white patches that makes it looks like part of it are floating in space. Clare (and Grant!)

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2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2013

This new book by Sharon Stiteler, also known as Birdchick , also known as one of our 10,000 Birds beat writers , is a fun way to teach people about birds and bird feeding, very much as Sharon does here and on her blog, but on paper, with a table of contents, a glossary, features like “Bird Busting!” Most blogs are fleeting.

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Rabbits Detroit Florida Minnesota 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

How to Get Kids Excited About Birds About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Corey: I’m shooting for the numbers of species and number of lists I had in 2008!

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2011 Los Angeles Deer Owls 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

These sorts of tests have been done in many species and it has always been assumed (hoped), that what they found in the little white cages at the back of the zoology department had some wonderful relevance to what happened in the real world. Instead, those species that are neophobic tend to have either a naturally.

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Cats Costa Rica 2011 Deer 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? Chestnut-winged Cuckoo: This could be your host species! Yes, you do, trust me. Arguments in favor: 1. It looks nice 2.

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