10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Species Accounts are organized by family according to the 61st Supplement (2020) of the AOS Checklist of North and Middle American Birds (the 62nd Supplement came out while the book was in production, which is to be expected). But perhaps that’s for a different book. These books are concerned with behavior.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Family Birds Collecting 290

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2024

Looking for a bird book that has appeal to cross the generations, one that will delight both the preschooler and the seasoned birder? Ignotofsky is best known for her 2016 book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World, of which Scientific American noted “The world needs more books like this.”

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Science Eggs New York Times Birds 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I love reading children’s books, even though my child is well over the age when she asks to have them read at bedtime and my nephews fall asleep all too easily after playing lacrosse all day. Here are three excellent but very different children’s books I enjoyed this year (two were published in 2013, one in 2011).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. So, I was happy to see the publication of a book on all aspects of wild bird feeding—history, culture, and economics. It is a serious book with a friendly attitude. There was cleaning, lots of cleaning of feeders and yard. And squirrels.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

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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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. This is what happens when you read a book like Frogs and Toads of the World , by Chris Mattison.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Her lively block prints adorn calendars, note cards, puzzles, and children’s books, very much in the popular tradition of beloved minimalist Charley Harper. It’s a fun book, offering ideas for projects and, most importantly for me, new ways to observe birds and their natural world.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent focuses on this last question, but you might find yourself fascinated by the first two, which come early in the book but linger on in the imagination as author Danielle J. ” (p. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor. Author Danielle Whittaker, © Nicole Cottam.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

So, when Redgannet asked me if I was interested in reviewing Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition , by Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps, a book he had acquired at Birdfair, I hesitated. Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species?

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Brunei Asia Birds China 233

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The length of each bird species account varies, depending on whether the bird is native or a “visitor” (the book’s term for migrant) or vagrant, breeding or non breeding. The book is entitled South Georgia, but it also covers nearby areas including the South Sandwich Islands, Shag and Clerke Rocks.)

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Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whaling 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

the book follows through mating and egg-laying, incubation and hatching, and the rearing of three young to successful fledging. As an experiment, I also ran this book by a non-birding friend. Reviews Bald Eagle book review' (with a view of the Capitol, no less!)

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Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species Washington 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2011

Platypus have bills, bats and bugs can fly, and reptiles lay eggs, but only birds have feathers. Despite feathers being such a large and essential aspect of birdness I did not know much about them, at least until I read Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle , the fascinating new book by Thor Hansen. Feathers as toothpicks?

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Reptiles Bats Eggs Humane 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2016

Perfect is a big word, and using it right in the title of your book invites close scrutiny. It is only that the philosophy behind this outlook deserves space that Birkhead does not — and probably could not, given everything else that is going on in this book — devote to it.

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Eggs Science Rescue Research 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Recently, I’ve reviewed a number of well-designed and interesting books on birds. As I read, I realized that I had encountered books very much like this before. From shabby chic to high modernism, from plain old punk to steampunk, every style worthy of the name needs such a book. People who are into birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2024

Peregrines don’t build nests of their own, but do like to make a scrape in which they can lay their eggs. They sometimes attempt to nest on unsuitably flat ledges, with the inevitable result that their eggs roll off.

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Falcons Feral Tenant Eggs 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2012

Broome’s Baby Shorebirds Baby Eurasian Wrens Monday, 16 July Feeding a Fledgling Song Thrush Baby Ibisbills – A Short Picture Story Baby Bird Books, Little Bird Books Tuesday, 17 July The Darwinian Chick The Sunbitterns of Costa Rica What’s down in the Arctic. Baby Bird Week Roundup Not bad, right?

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Costa Rica Albatross North America Birds 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I remember I once read in a book – probably by an ornithologist – that he stated that he was going to write a postcard to his wife or girlfriend in order to “strengthen their pair bond” Sorry, forgot the exact source). A nice example of gender equality of sorts.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? And, what about that female Emperor Penguin, who disappears for two months after handing her one egg over to her mate? Bruce Pearson is the book illustrator. Technology to the rescue!

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 127

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. The resulting book, 616 pages in length, 6.4

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book. To pre-order your copy, visit the site I have set up to promote the book.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2014

Hornbills are fantastic birds that have fascinated me since I was able to leaf through the big and lavishly drawn Birds, their Life, their Ways, Their World , that was one of my favorite non-dinosaur (or so I thought at the time) books of my childhood (the other was the twin set mammals of the world by National Geographic).

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Singapore Uganda Malaysia Seals 231

Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

We received an email about a new book being released by Lantern Books. And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change." In the author's words.

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Advocacy Factory Farming Factory Farm Farm Sanctuary 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Even when writing my book with all ardent efforts to remain unbiased; the section on Sandpipers & Allies was by far the longest – surpassing mega-families like Thraupidae and Tyrannidae. If you know me, then you are well aware of how much I love shorebirds.

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Fish Eggs Family Humane 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Once upon a time, back in the heady, innocent days of 2014, I reviewed a book called The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds. Of all the books I’ve ever had the honor of reviewing for this site, it was in some ways the most attuned to my own particular sensibility. The Mincing Mockingbird.

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Lovebirds 2014 Eggs Wildlife 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2013

I was shocked when I saw a hen Mallard actually incubating eggs in one of these things–they do work…and how do the mallards get in there? There are plans to be found all over the Internet and a friend of mine wrote a book that tells you how to make most of these (yes, including the heron rookery).

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Minnesota Barn Owls Utah Ducks 235

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

.” His classes attracted diverse groups of students, often with little scientific background: “Students have to first pass biology, but most come in knowing next to nothing about birds except that they can fly, that they have feathers, and that they lay eggs.”. No publisher wants to publish a book that can’t be sold.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2022

” According to this book, scops (?) Another strange aspect – already mentioned further up – is that these owls almost seem to be able to change their shape – from a round egg shape to a very prolonged branch-like shape. Camouflage at its best.

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Owls Eggs Woodpeckers Cats 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

Pu blishing papers, articles, and books on birds aside, Clive is also a keen bird photographer. The chicks need six months to develop so the adults lay their eggs in January. He started as a poor student with an old Zenit camera and a 400 mm lens; nowadays he works with a Nikon mirrorless system. So why are these Griffons arriving now?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

It took me a moment to grab my passport and safely restore it to its place in my carefully organized travel pack because I could not help but stare at my name carelessly written into this large book that was halfway around the world from my home. However, I cannot stop thinking about my name written in that book.

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Lesotho Sheep Groundhogs South Africa 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Other hardy souls signed up for an early morning “Ostrich Run” 5k, with the prizes beinging–you guessed it–actual ostrich eggs. Exhibitors ranged from book publishers to purveyors of telemetry equipment to local bird and wildlife groups. Emptied of their contents, of course.). I study Juncos now.

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San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

He published a number of books on birds of India and Burma, making me wonder how hard all these overseas civil servants really worked in their day jobs. Some like Charles Vaurie have considered it so unreliable that they even suggested the destruction of his egg collection.” ” ( source ).

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Burma India Thailand Indonesia 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. The book, like the opening scene, is a deft combination of her personal observations of birds most of us rarely see, in a wild place very few people have visited, and of the natural histories of these birds. Do I need to say anything more? And, this was badly needed.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

On our first morning after breakfast, my group and the teens piled onto a boat and headed out to Eastern Egg Rock, once again the breeding ground for Atlantic Puffins (as well as a host of other seabirds) thanks to biologist Dr. Stephen Kress. A Magnificent Frigatebird’s feathers weigh more than its skeleton. What was it like?”

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 277

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2016

As a boy growing up, I scoured every bird book I could get my hands on. Each nesting pair will have 4-8 eggs, and there is some reference to location being a factor on that quantity. In each of them, I was always fascinated with the shrikes. Migrans and L.i. Mearnsi are both considered critically endangered.

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Butcher North America Birds Mexico 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Second they are reliant on Horseshoe Vetch on which they lay their eggs and on which the caterpillars feed. I have invested in a book, “The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland” by Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington, from which most of the information above has been transposed. The male is on the left.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively. peer-reviewed journal, technical book), or after this evidence has been amassed by a Committee member or some other interested individual and reviewed by the Committee. Americans love chicken. In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 248

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Birdie books will obviously take precedence, but a well written, lavishly illustrated guide is a thing of beauty whatever the discipline. A book mark was very useful to make the glossary quickly accessible. Did you know for example that some species of bee are cleptoparasites , exploiting the nests of other species for their own eggs.

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