10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2015

The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest North American breeding bird 1. The males arrive on breeding grounds before the females and, according to their range map, they probably breed here in Shasta County. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. Click on photos for full sized images. He’s moving closer.

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North America 2010 Breeding America 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2023

I am a westerner, so perhaps it is a glorious hotspot, but I’ve never heard Cape Ann, Massachusetts referred to as a world-class birding location. The Kirtland’s Warbler is an endangered bird species that breeds primarily in the jack pine forests of northern Michigan. Grade: A. # # # Query: What are 5 good birding jokes?

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United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Heermann’s Gulls form large breeding colonies on arid islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from March through July. The largest colony exists on Isla Raza, where an estimated 90–95% of the total world population breeds 1. This photo by Basar from Wikipedia Commons shows the adult in breeding plumage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUBX_tlHySc.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco North America Seals Sanctuary 158

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” I’m not saying this is right, I’m saying, as someone experienced in using reference books with people seeking a specific answer, there is a limit in how much preparatory time they’re willing to put in.)

Costa Rica 210

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

” Fortunately, most of these researchers could be taken off their antidepressants after proper sound recording was invented. Not very interestingly, the species name “squamatum” refers to the scaly appearance of the bird rather than the blue wings. , varied (or perhaps answered) by even, abrupt, squealing “fwuuuur”.

San Diego 204

San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 204

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

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. Most importantly, this section provides an entry point to the major Portfolio of Birds section; each fact is followed by a page reference.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 263

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. They contribute to scientific research, conservation efforts, and the enjoyment of birding as a hobby.

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Both bushtit species occasionally are supported by helpers when breeding ( source ). Three Chestnut Bulbuls seem to winter on Tianmashan this year – somewhat surprising given that the HBW calls the species a year-round resident in an area at least several hundred kilometers south of Shanghai.

China 147

China Birds Reptiles Killing 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. Getting intimate with a species over the course of the breeding cycle is one of the more rewarding aspects of birding, and field research too. Color markings on the legs and head are to identify individuals for research purposes).

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round. With all the research that has been done on lead vs non-lead bullets, there is no reason for ANYONE to use lead when hunting.

Hunters 175

Hunters Hunting North America Game 175

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

Falcons 206

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 206

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2013

And while the birds that we in the western hemisphere refer to as blackbirds in their common names are from several different genera it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that if a bird is in the same genus as the North American meadowlarks that it would also be called a meadowlark. female Red-breasted Blackbird.

Blackbirds 166

Blackbirds Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaragua 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. … Nest dismantling by the Hair-crested Drongo may be an adaptive behavior to increase fitness by reducing risk of future predation and competition for nest sites in the following breeding season” ( source ).

Mountain Goats 147

Mountain Goats Singapore Giraffes Birds 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 148

New York City New York Birds Breeding 148

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

In one document, I was referred to as a “self-taught ornithologist.” Another challenge to bird research is that it is woefully underfunded and relies heavily on citizen science. As the company has been introducing me to the rest of the staff and clients, a description of my talents caught my attention.

Arkansas 188

Arkansas Science Farming Research 188

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Both these names as well as it’s English name refer to the overlapping spots that are a feature of the underside of all the twinspots. Pink-throated Twinspot.

Africa 207

Africa Somalia Mozambique Pelicans 207

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2015

Known as the Great Egret in the Americas, it was commonly referred to as the Great White Heron in the Old World. Recent research however has shown it to be more closely linked to Ardea -herons. The first level is the most harmless of them all since it only pertains to birders engaged in international conversations: its common name.

Asia 178

Asia Europe Germany Breeding 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

2011 208

2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. Previous research has shown that wading bird nesting colonies could provide substantial food for alligators in the form of dropped chicks.

Alligators 115

Alligators Leopards Rabbits Protection 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded.

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Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

I can’t imagine they were expecting anyone to research the line as much as I now regret doing! For its part, Connecticut Valley Brewing Company remains coy about the now-obvious Robin Hood references in their Sherwood Double New England Style India Pale Ale, at least officially. I guess it just sounded good.

Connecticut 137

Connecticut India Lamb Lions 137

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2020

One of these wintertime visitants is the “Greenland” Greater White-fronted Goose ( Anser albifrons flavirostris ), a subspecies of the Greater White-fronted Goose that breeds in western Greenland and which has experienced drastic population declines in the last half-century.

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Geese Ireland Investigation Wildlife 155

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds.

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North America America California Condor Birds 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2017

link] At approximately 3500 feet in elevation, the area that I refer to as “Arroyo Oasis” as there is no formal name on the map, is at the head of a substantial arroyo. The first was five beautiful Lazuli Buntings , all in their bright breeding plumage. It paused just long enough for one quick photo.

Camels 100

Camels Woodpeckers Mexico Turkey 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region. The book ends with References, the Checklist as noted above and the Index. Colin Richardson is an ornithologist with a particular interest in bird migration in the Middle East. CBG and BOC seem to be using the same size font.

Cyprus 249

Cyprus Saudi Arabia Europe Birds 249

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. They breed in dense colonies, incubate their single egg on the feet, and take more than a year to fledge a chick.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The page-long entry on Geographic Variation offers descriptions of the five groups, in painstaking detail, differentiating subspecies of each group, articulating differences between males and females within each subspecies, drawing out winter and breeding ranges with the help of Lehman’s maps.

North America 177

North America America Family Falcons 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Apparently, when breeding, the two parents divide incubation duties, with one bird taking over the daytime duties and another one the nighttime. Unfortunately, the Latin species name meninting does not refer to a potential cruel Dutch governor with a sideline in naturalism but is just the Javanese name for the Deep-blue Kingfisher.

Birds 213

Birds Elephants Eagles Rhinoceros 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India!

Bolivia 171

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 171

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

During the very late 15th century and early 16th century, there are about five or so references to one Spanish explorer or another finding a “Turkey” and maybe or maybe not bringing it back to Europe. Another from the King of Spain dated 30 september 1512 refers to two turkeys which had arrived in Spain from Hispaniola.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season. These could be the beginning of the formation of coveys, post breeding season flocks that form when the chicks become independent at about three months old. References: 1 Baicich, Paul J. and Harrison, Colin J.

California 217

California Rattlesnake Gophers Eggs 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

After five years of waiting and watching, we were so elated with this news of a successful breeding at the preserve that we applied for another grant from Audubon California. References: 1 Plumpton, D. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179., www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4HxJ0pIp0. v=TG4HxJ0pIp0. Master’s Theses.

Owls 101

Owls California Colorado 2010 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan. Each chapter concludes with References, a bibliographic listing of the books, articles, and web pages cited in the text. Sullivan are birders as well as writers, researchers, and organizational administrators, and this makes a big difference.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. References in original]: [T]he taxa regarded by Mayr as subspecies of these two are now regarded as distinct enough to be regarded as separate species. argentatus as reference. This wiki looks good too.] michahellis. michahellis Caspian gull L.

2011 157

2011 Cyprus Deer Breeding 157

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.

Eggs 263

Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There is a major difference: the Raptors guides are photographic and the Birds of Prey guides are illustrated with Wheeler’s paintings, over 1,000 images in each guide, organized with logical precision for reference, research, and comparison, with a self-evident side benefit–the portrayal of the beauty of raptors.

North America 189

North America Mississippi Bald Eagle Falcons 189