10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Penguins! Penguins here! <pause> Do I have your attention now? There are few bird names that will elicit great big smiles and Penguin is one of them. Other contenders are Kookaburra, Shoebill, and Umbrellabird, but people smile when they hear these names because they know a song or because they can’t believe these are real names of real birds.
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Author: Jen Smith, VP Marketing, MarketingProfs In the “Before Times” – way before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – virtual events were often seen as lesser-than to in-person, bigger-budget events. They were viewed as less compelling, less useful and, certainly, less fun. It turns out that in an always-digital, pandemicked world, that’s no longer true.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
In the midst of a global pandemic, medical professionals have been heralded as heroes, with some even rising to the status of pop culture icons – even as some supposedly advanced nations have been plummeting into the depths of anti-science superstition lately. But one nation that bestows physicians with the respect they deserve is Jamaica, where the national bird is a hummingbird known as the “doctor bird” – the Red-billed Streamerbird ( Trochilus polytmus ).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
During a season when many of us have constricted our travel radius from several countries or continents from home to several blocks, the forced focus on local patches seems to be turning up some real jewels in different areas. Nothing unusual in your backyard yet? Keep looking… November 2020 appears full of surprises. I am not only surprised but shocked at my second lifer of the month right here in Monroe County.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
This year has been bountiful in books about bird behavior (reference and otherwise) from the likes of David Allen Sibley , Helen Macdonald, Jennifer Ackerman , Wenfei Tong, and others. The latest is the encyclopedic and delightful Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior , by John Kricher. What do we mean, anyway, by bird “behavior”? How, to humans, is “behavior” separate from the bird itself?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
I’m writing this post primarily because I am currently dreaming of the subject. Having been penned in our house for the last month (and more), the last time we have been out birding seems like a distant memory. I was ardently working to finish a years-long project on the birds of T&T so those last few weeks have not been bird-less by any means.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
The final weekend of October carries a particularly macabre yet playful resonance in most years. The horrors of this particular year seem to have stolen most of the joy of Halloween, if the meager stream of trick or treaters we saw this weekend were any evidence. But birds don’t seem to care about what ails us humans. They have been moving just as they tend to do this time of year, which can–as you may know–spectacular.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia , one of the many fantastic characters is a rather human-like frog creature named Puddleglum. Puddleglum is an endlessly pessimistic, though kind-hearted, ally to the story’s several heroes. By the end of the series’ fourth book, The Silver Chair , he has himself become a reluctant hero. Puddleglum could also describe my mood last week as I drove north from Morelia to Lake Cuitzeo.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
China is not that well-known for its hornbills, but in Yunnan province, on the border to Myanmar, some species can be found. While they used to be hunted, they nowadays benefit from the locals having recognized them as a source of income – building hides and charging birdwatchers (mostly Chinese, but a few foreigners like me as well – these are usually the only ones not smoking inside the hides) to observe them.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Late Sunday afternoon I was relaxing at home trying to recover from my early awakening due to having turned back the clock one hour for daylight saving time. Well, that and over imbibing on Halloween candy, if I’m being honest. I mindlessly opened my phone and scrolled through Facebook…and an image jumped out at me, an image of a flycatcher from Kissena Park in my home borough, a flycatcher I had never seen in Queens, a flycatcher so obscure that I couldn’t even identify it.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
The Avibase China birdlist counts 7 species of minivets for China – one of which is the Ashy Minivet. For Japan, there are only two species listed – again the Ashy Minivet, but also the Japanese Minivet (mostly called Ryukyu Minivet elsewhere), a Japanese endemic which is not on the China list. So, it was kind of exciting to see first one, later two Ryukyu Minivets at my regular birding spot at Nanhui, Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
In my last piece dedicated to the tiny brown blobs we often ignore, I mentioned the trials and tribulations involved in whittling the selection down to suit a single post. It was only during the preparation of that post I truly realized how many images I had of these little brown birds! To follow on from that, I decided to include a few other often-overlooked birds from my travels to Kenya.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Most birders I know across the United States–and well beyond–seemed happier than usual this weekend, even ecstatic. Is a winter finch irruption really that exciting? I didn’t catch up with any crossbills this weekend, but my travels took me from Rochester to NYC and back. Of all the birds observed on the highway, the most interesting was surely the Ring-necked Pheasant that blithely strolled out on the NY Thruway but was smart enough to pull back before losing a battle with a s
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
November doesn’t fit any of the conventional narratives of birding seasons. This month doesn’t really resemble the migratory months or the more staid and settled spans of summer and winter. Nonetheless, November can really cook when the birding conditions are just right. My part of the world in the midst of a glorious winter finch irruption, which meant that Red Crossbill was the star of the show this weekend.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Usually when I think of unseasonably mild autumn weather, I picture a last gasp of summer manifesting itself with an early fall heat wave in September, or maybe a stretch of warmer weather in October before Hallowe’en. But here in eastern upstate New York, as we near the end of the first week of November, we’re a few days into a nearly balmy spell of clement temperatures that’s forecasted to last into early next week.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Adam Cairns is a photographer, writer and poet. He is returning to the UK after a four year spell in Qatar, in the Middle East. He posts photos and descriptions of the birds he finds on his blog, Birderlife. This is Adam’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. I was studying a row of Black-winged Stilts on the edge of the concrete rimmed reservoir when a shadow flickered overhead.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Those of us who were raised in the four-season north (here in Michoacán one could define, at the most, three seasons) tend to think of avian migration in terms of seasonal temperatures. For us, it’s all about birds moving north during the warm season to breed, and south to escape the winter cold. I suspect that for hummingbirds, temperature is not the only factor.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest boxes, and baths. A billion dollar market means competition and manufacturers have long sought patents for innovative feeder designs. I previously wrote about patents for birdseed feeders , particularly ones directed to problems with squirrel “marauders.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
One of the birds that I failed to mention last week at Mary Pool rest area is the Northern Rosella. Northern Rosella are resident in the north of Australia, but not in large flocks. We rarely encounter more than one pair at any location. They are a species that can be well camouflaged despite their bright colours. If they are high up in foliage then you could easily miss out on observing them.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
I am shocked to be writing this post already, and doubly shocked that I’ve seen six new species for Queens since I guessed what my next five Queens birds would be just eight months ago, back in March. It’s been a good year for birding in Queens! Considering the ten most recent additions before this March averaged six months apart getting six new species in eight months is mind-blowing.
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Author: Thiago Sa Friere With the shift to a remote workplace, sales reps and account executives are engaging with the C-suite. From prospecting to discovery and demo calls, executives like CEOs and CFOs have become not just a name on an invite, but an active participant with plenty of questions and unique problems to solve. . Chorus.ai has seen this firsthand; our data of millions of sales calls shows C-suite participation is currently up an average of 80% compared to Q1 in months like January
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Author: Christian Kruse Deciding to expand a new business is pretty obvious and straightforward. After all, a new business has to expand from being an ambitious business plan to getting the first office space to acquiring the needed IT infrastructure, to hiring skilled labor, and to expand its market reach. All these expansions are nothing more than the needed threshold for getting a business off the ground, so there aren’t too many considerations to worry about.
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Author: Scott Greenberg Quick quiz: John gets paid when he makes a sale. Each day he prospects for new customers. He builds relationships with these customers, assessing and meeting their needs. He also makes suggestions for add-ons that might enhance their life. He works hard to compete against others in the industry vying for the same customers. He collaborates with a team and is associated with a home office that provides support, makes suggestions and holds him accountable. .
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Author: Ron Carson Just about every marketer today has been told to listen to the voice of the customer to inform marketing strategy. There are two problems with this. First, marketing teams only receive this information second-hand – through sales, product management, etc. Second, if you only talk to customers, you are only speaking to people who already drink your Kool-Aid.
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Author: Zameer Baber and Garrett Kephart As organizations consider how their operations need to change in a post-COVID world, many are rethinking how their B2B sales teams will operate as many may no longer want – or are able – to travel to meet their clients. This is one of many reasons organizations are looking to implement digital sales tools, including: Companies that appropriately adopt digital B2B sales will drive 5 times more revenue growth than their peers. 53% of companies plan to incre
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Author: Charles Brennan Jr. In a previous article, I talked about self-reflection and taking inventory of one’s skill set. Specifically, what skill we possess today that has already or will soon become obsolete; and what skill we need to improve upon or develop to replace the lost skill. Both are essential to navigating the current environment. But taking a deeper dive, let’s also look at how today’s reality requires we reevaluate how we build and maintain interpersonal relationships where we c
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Author: Nick Chasinov The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has left millions unemployed, as businesses in nearly every industry have been forced to close up shop – and many won’t be reopening. Despite the economic damage this crisis has caused, it has also created opportunities, especially for marketers. Agile marketing teams have moved quickly to engage the public with empathetic messages on behalf of consumer-facing brands, and though they received some criticism for sounding repetitive , their effor
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
I bought a new rucksack yesterday and the first thing I checked when I brought it home was, how easily my spotting scope with a mounted window clamp fits in – test passed with flying colours. What purpose rucksack did I choose? Well, that tells a lot about me: it’s a 40l plane carry-on type (which I will carry on as my day-pack, too). I clearly miss travelling, long distance travelling.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Back in March, back when the world realized that a pandemic was happening and that it was spreading with tenacious unconscious determination, Costa Rica closed its borders. The abrupt move helped slow the number of cases for some time, helped give the country’s health system a chance at staying ahead of being overwhelmed but it couldn’t keep the virus at bay forever.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
I finally had to get a new laptop last week. While almost everything is up and running beautifully, I haven’t managed to figure out how to use the updated photo editor program I downloaded, or to transfer my old program to the new computer. It’s a good thing the piece I had written doesn’t depend on images. Still, sorry! It was apparently all the way back in 2012, when I was first getting back into birding after a 30 year hiatus, that I took a sad little picture, with my sad li
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