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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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 258

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I could go on and on, it’s that kind of a book—a comprehensive treatment of a species we respect and adore, based on the most current research, written in a style that, while factual, is from the author’s viewpoint, flavoring facts with a witty, observant personal quality. It includes owls found in Canada, the U.S.,

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 219

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Eveling Tavera, a research associate with CORBIDI is Peru’s national coordinator for the banding program. The old practice of putting a small, inscribed, metal band on a migratory bird’s leg to mark and track its location and movements for research purposes still continues today. CORBIDI’s shorebird banding team at work.

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Peru South America Delaware New Jersey 225

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

America 227

America Squirrels Industry Birds 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. Originally organized by structure and ecology, they have been reclassified according to relationships discovered by DNA research. Comments, especially from mycologists, are welcome. copyright © 2021 Karl B.

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North America America 2018 Species 252

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. required to determine those catch limits.

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Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 236

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The aggregated recordings help researchers gain a snapshot of bird populations and their distribution. Per usual, the Canada Geese proved to be the most prevalent species – and the loudest. I decided to participate at least on the first day, if not more. Black and Turkey Vultures soared overhead, joined by the occasional Osprey.

Florida 249

Florida Pelicans Geese Turkey 249

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Few places boast so many different bird species in such a small area — over 900 species (more than Europe, or all of the United States and Canada combined), including 75 different families, like 51 species of hummingbirds, 48 warblers, and 45 tanagers. – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre in Turrialba.

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Costa Rica San Jose Nepal Europe 240

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 243

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

The results of this research paper appear in the Journal of Zoology. It is probably the case that the rapid spread of Lyme Disease from Connecticut to the rest of the United States and adjoining regions of Canada was because some species of birds (but not all) can carry Lyme disease, and can also carry the ticks that carry the disease.

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Connecticut Birds United States Research 170

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” The universality of people’s love of thrushes in their gardens is illustrated by three stories from people living in Kenya (Olive Thrush), Canada (American Robin), and England (Common Blackbird).

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

Over and again, Kroodsma admits to things to which neither he, nor any other researchers, yet have answers – including areas where diligent amateurs can, he says, make discoveries. And that’s part of the point of the book, and its charm – how much there is still to be discovered in the realm of birdsong.

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Virginia Boston North America 2020 240

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2022

That innate sense of direction is, according to recent research, a result of the ability to detect the earth’s magnetic field. Atria Books, New York, $28 (U.S.); $37 (Canada). And they are continually hitching onto different wind systems – which means they must know where they are at all times. And do humans share this ability?

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Humane New York Owls Hunting 234

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. Both authors marvel at the diversity of birding reproductive and parenting behavior.

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Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

There are four generally recognized groups within the complex, “ Myrtle ” ( coronata ) of eastern and northern North America, “ Audubon’s ” ( auduboni ) of the western United States and western Canada, “ Black-fronted ” ( nigrifrons ) of Mexico, and “ Goldman’s ” ( goldmani ) of Guatemala.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 231

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2024

When Jonathan Slaght did his research on Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia’s Far East – which he describes in his excellent book “Owls of the Eastern Ice” – he had to cope not only with extreme cold but also with rather bad music: “Katkov filled our commutes with loud music. How ironic.

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Fish Owls San Diego Wolves 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. He said, “Figure it out.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 252

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 205

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 205

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. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. GUIDE COVERAGE. These are all informative and current.

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North America America California Condor Birds 278

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

MAY 20, 2016

Yes, it’s physically massive, exhaustively researched, rich with appendices and notes and maps and illustrations, and in every way the sort of thing that you look at and think “Wow, this author really, really cares about John James Audubon. Yes, even the title is bulky.

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Fox Washington Emotional Sparrows 135

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

By braving double-digit-below-zero conditions, however, researchers learned that Blakiston’s Fish Owl favors salmon, and that it prefers nesting cavities in big, old-growth trees; when these trees die and fall into streams, they create waterflow patterns that are beneficial to the salmon. Conspiracy theorists, start your engines.).

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Russia Owls Fish United States 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated by birders across the northeastern United States and eastern Canada because it takes into account a vast array of data to figure out which irruptive species might show up where. Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. TREE SEED CROPS.

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2014 2015 Alaska New Hampshire 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

The proposal author (a Sage Sparrow researcher) argues that multiple factors indicate the birds deserve full species status. Proposal 2013-A-7 would split the Sage Sparrow ( Amphispiza belli ) into two species: Great Basin Sage Sparrow ( A. nevadensis ) and California Sage Sparrow ( A. Let the hyphen wars begin!) So what do you think?

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2013 Stray Sparrows Owls 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2023

Initially, Point Pelee National Park appears to be in Ontario, Canada (not Ohio), which makes it wrong, as well as excluded by the query itself. Analysis : I have never seen a Kirtland’s Warbler, but this is consistent with the research I have done to fix that problem. Grade: A. # # # Query: What are 5 good birding jokes?

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United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

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. A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 225

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

A contemptuous lack of suggested locations to match the ones submitted forced me to research literally hundreds of locations in the U.S Imagine having to clarify every pygmy-owl, every whistling-duck, every brush-finch… the autocomplete on my cell phone is smarter than this. Importing locations is even more ridiculous.

Arizona 174

Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 174

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

Researchers studying the Fork-tailed Drongo (like the one above spotted by Redgannet) found that these birds essentially “cry wolf” to steal the food of others. Also from the Philly area, where Canada Geese are concerned, where is the love ?). But our new nest is, at last, well on its way to getting feathered.

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New York Times Oakland New York Geese 192

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The research at Laval University is still in the earliest stages. Despite that, a Quebec-based seal fur company has begun championing Pibarot's hypothesis, seeing the research as a buoy for Canada's beleaguered seal harvest.

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Seals Medical Research Industry Research 100

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).

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Species Los Angeles Science 2000 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2024

is like this: meticulously researched, densely illustrated, and designed for non-linear reading. Canada 48 pages, Grade level Preschool – 2 (per publisher), Lexile AD540L The post What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest: A KidLit Bird Book Review first appeared on 10,000 Birds. And What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest? What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?

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Science Eggs New York Times Birds 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There are 35 raptor species that have a presence in the United States and Canada, 56 (more or less) if you count by subspecies, and they are all covered in admirable, exhausting, unbelievable detail in B irds of Prey of the East: A Field Guide and Birds of Prey of the West: A Field Guide by Brian K.

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North America Mississippi Bald Eagle Falcons 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

(SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. The ABA Area should Reflect the Avian Diversity of the United States and Canada. Research is ongoing.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

It is game day for the 99th Grey Cup , Canada’s annual football party and championship (46 Superbowls? Would you like to know about the early days of research on that rare grail, the Ivory Gull ? So it is the dying seconds of the game, 3rd and long and I still haven’t come up with an idea for a post. Know about?

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Lions Game Birds Dogs 169

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

This is Canada, so it goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway), that common names are given in English and French. A two-page spread is devoted to the Gyrfalcon, which Earley proudly tells us is “one of the most sought-after birds in Ontario, if not all of Canada” (p. by 1 by 7.5

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North America Birds Owls Canada 207

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

OK, that is extreme, but what’s really slicing my Twinkie right now is an article from the Ottawa Citizen about a report from the journal Wildlife Research which projects that 22 million birds die across Canada every year after flying into windows of residential homes and that yards with feeders seemed to have more collisions.

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Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Again, Cade led with solid evidence acquired through his own research. Between 1974 and 2005, more than 7000 young Peregrines were hacked in the United States and Canada. .” By 1970 the man who championed Peregrines had convinced Cornell University to build a Hawk Barn for captive breeding of these birds. And grow they did.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 176