10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.”

Falcons 177

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some people love books like that. And another when that egg is removed.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Unlike other Canada goose subspecies, duskies have limited summer and winter ranges.

Fish 143

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. A small range map is placed in the upper right/left hand corner showing summer, winter, resident, migration, and rare locations. GUIDE COVERAGE. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The Falcon Thief is the sometimes exciting, sometimes horrifying story of Jeffrey Lendrum, an African-born adventurer who has been arrested multiple times for raptor egg and chick poaching and smuggling in southern Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. 2019), and now this book.

Falcons 206

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2017

According to research newly published in Nature , when these shorebirds arrive at their Arctic mating grounds, they don’t just shack up with the nearest honey, or waste time competing with the other dudes for the attentions of the loveliest potential mates.

Russia 101

Russia Rights Stray Alaska 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birders often play a vital role in monitoring bird populations, contributing data to scientific research, and participating in citizen science initiatives that help track bird distributions, migration patterns, and breeding behaviors. Analysis : The first and third paragraphs seem right to me, but the second is weaker, in my view.

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway?

2011 244

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It shows that of 588 species assessed, 314 species in the continental United States and Canada will lose half or more of their current ranges by 2080 if global warming continues at its current pace (which is approximately 8 degrees F of warming by the end of the century). Chestnut-collared Longspur is one of those. What a horror!

Species 174

Species Science Los Angeles Birds 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Smith is the Staff Scientist Emeritus with the Smithsonian’s Tropical Research Centre in Panama. The work was widely cited, followed up with an article in Scientific American and the research appeared (and I may be wrong still appears) in textbooks. It is worthy of a much longer look than this one here.

Research 168

Research Europe Iceland Panama 168

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Nonprofit organizations, science, and the best intentions in the world came to the rescue with a captive breeding program, and we now have over 400 Pink Pigeons living in Mauritius, the nearby island of Ile aux Aigrettes, and the zoos hosting the breeding program, including the Bronx Zoo. They have a hard enough time with Canada Geese.

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

A minor item, but I like to get these things right.) It’s heavily illustrated with both drawings (72 Colour Plates, 920 drawings) and photographs (over 650), and employs extensive references to and from each section, which makes research relatively easy. Looking further, the book itself says ‘83’ in the introduction.

North America 148

North America Asia Europe America 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Outside of the tropics, nesting would usually take place in the spring (in the southern hemisphere, spring and the height of the breeding season occurs before Christmas); these pictures were taken in March as the weather in Cape Town is beginning to cool. Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) Wicked, right?

2011 163

2011 Deer Africa Peru 163

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

They say so right here in the Preface of Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide —seabirds are “some of the most challenging of all birds to identify.” Information for each species includes, at the minimal: common name, scientific name, measurements, general geographic location, breeding and distribution ranges, and abundance.

Albatross 154

Albatross Birds North America Groups 154