10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
I had no intention of making a questionnaire or analysing the results. I was just curious what the US birders dream about, so I posted a question in the ABA’s FB group: a) what are the most popular foreign destinations and b) where would you go with unlimited funds? The number of answers (89) and respondents (about 71, if I counted them correctly) surprised me, as well as some answers.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 1, 2019
Author: Kevin F. Davis It goes without saying that your top salespeople are the backbone of your team. Sure, they keep the sales rolling in, but they also play a key role in keeping your entire team motivated. When your top few are hard at work, the rest of the team aspires to their greatness. However, those top salespeople aren’t robots – they go through burnouts and times where they just need an extra boost of motivation, themselves.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2019
How blessed can one guy be? Not only is Kenn Kaufman a world-class birder and all-around naturalist who makes his living doing what he loves. Not only has he authored multiple field guides, and prose works, too (such as the classic coming-of-age-as-a-birder story, Kingbird Highway ). But best of all — the thing that shows, surely, that he was born under a lucky star, is this: he’s now (as of 2005, when he migrated, permanently, to Ohio) — a Buckeye.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2019
Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far on a mud-bar, largely invisible little mud-skippers. In Europe, people start birding when they see a Common Kingfisher or a Golden Oriole , hoping to see more jewels like that, but not a Wood Sandpiper. Who even spots a Woodsand without deliberately searching for birds?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
On a walk around Baisley Pond Park’s eponymous pond in Queens recently I heard a Gray Squirrel chittering away angrily at something. Tired of White-throated Sparrows and American Robins , I decided to stroll over and see what the squirrel was so upset about. It turned out that the squirrel had a good reason to be vociferous in expressing its displeasure: a Red-tailed Hawk was trying to make the squirrel into breakfast!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2019
One of the quandaries of birding in Costa Rica is deciding where to go birding. Where do you go when there are so many different places to choose from? Costa Rica’s small size, ease of access and massive avian diversity promises a wealth of birds in many places. Do we watch mixed flocks in fresh cloud forest? Scan for toucans and Tiny Hawk in lowland rainforest?
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2019
Paul Lewis moved from California to Mexico 36 years ago. He lived first in Mexicali, and now in the historic city of Morelia–about halfway between Guadalajara and Mexico City–where he and his wife pastor a small church. He is the author of an internationally distributed book in Spanish about family finances and has recorded four albums in Spanish of his own songs.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2019
During our three weeks of bird-watching in Singapore we didn’t only encounter large birds like the Asian Openbill and the Oriental Pied Hornbill. There was one tiny bird that we observed almost every day in a variety of habitats. The Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker – Yungipicus moluccensis is a tiny bird measuring only around 12-13cm and we observed it in parks, gardens and mangrove areas.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2019
The first weekend of the fourth month of the year unites us all with exceptional birding opportunities. Did you join the party? I found myself in fine company on the hawk watch platform at Braddock Bay, where streaming flocks of Turkey Vultures were infiltrated by a variety of hawk species. I was most pleased to pick up Rough-legged Hawk , which I hadn’t yet been able to track down this year.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2019
When we first landed here in Tucson, Arizona, fate worked her magic, and one of the first people I met was Luke Safford. Luke is a coordinator with the Tucson Audubon Society, and was incredibly helpful with getting my feet on the ground, as far as South East Arizona Birding. In addition, for the last four5 years he has lead a Wednesday morning walk at the famed Sweetwater Wetlands, Northwest of Tucson.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
Louisiana is known for a lot of things. Mardis Gras, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, crawfish, oil production, coastal erosion, chemical plants; all encompassed within one state and a whole lot of coastline. It’s that coastline, however, that called me to Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, an oasis drawing migrating waterfowl like a magnet. My husband and I pulled through the gates of the refuge an hour or so from sunset, already invigorated by the Snow Geese, ibises, and Greater White-fr
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2019
April has come and will soon be gone, hopefully carrying a bounty of bodacious birds in its wake for you. Rest assured that, no matter how good this month has been, May has the potential to be so much better. An unseemly April snowfall illuminated the capricious climate of the Great Lakes region as I encountered Caspian Terns , our harbinger of spring, flying over Long-tailed Ducks , our waterfowl of winter.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2019
During our three weeks of birding in Singapore in March we were surprised that we did not encounter White-crested Laughingthrush – Garrulax leucolophus more often. The habitat often appeared to be ideal, but they were not as common as we had expected. The White-crested Laughingthrush is actually an introduced species and our first encounter was in the Southern Ridges.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2019
Costa Rica is a small yet very birdy country (readers may have gotten that impression on previous posts I have written for 10,000 Birds, at least I hope that has been the case!). To give an idea of what I mean by “birdy”, although Costa Rica is similar in size to West Virginia, more than 920 species have been recorded within the borders of this southern Central American country.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 26, 2019
If you found April to be interesting in terms of birding, you’re going to love what next month has in store. But don’t waste a weekend by looking ahead… the end of April offers too much beauty to miss. If I can find time between showings of Avengers: Endgame , I might chase some birds. Corey finds all the entertainment he desires in nature, so look for him in Queens.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2019
During our three weeks in Singapore we encountered many a family of Red Junglefowl- Gallus gallus in various locations. Often the rustling of leaves would lead us to Red Junglefowl , squirrels, water monitors or small lizards. Red Junglefowl are under threat in Singapore due to habitat loss and inter-breeding, but we observed them most days on our hiking trips around the island and also on Pulau Ubin.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2019
Easter weekend carries deep spiritual significance for many around the world, but Sunday also symbolizes the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. With blossoms blooming and birds zooming, Easter has something to offer for everyone. I’m finishing off my England excursion by visiting the magnificent White Cliffs of Dover, which are said to promise nesting Northern Fulmar.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2019
Now that Jeanne and I have settled here in Tucson, Arizona, we have been questioned by our friends dozens of times….Why Tucson? Do you realize it gets really hot there? Are you going to really be OK not being on the move, exploring new countries? Well, Ok, that last one is my own personal question, but it is quite relative. After last year, it would be easy to have a bit of a letdown. 10 countries, over 1300 bird species, and now I have limited my various twitches to just one county, Pima, which
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2019
No matter where you find yourself, you can count on a birding surprise or two this time of year. What was yours? I was surprised at how much I like Common Wood-Pigeons , first spotted out the window of my London lodging. Sure, I’ve seen about 50 more in my first day in the UK, but I enjoy getting to know these docile brutes. Corey got out and about in Queens on both Saturday and Sunday morning.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2019
Mid-April marks a critical juncture in progression of seasons. While the Northern Hemisphere hasn’t progressed even a third of the way through calendar spring, we are now entering the beginning of summer for the teeming masses of birds staking out breeding grounds. Many species, of course, have yet to begin their migrations in earnest, but many more who weren’t in your area last week may pop up for the first time this weekend.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2019
A while back, I wrote about an under-appreciated part of the National Wildlife Refuge System : Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). Although little-known, WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland species. Dozens of WPAs are located in the Rainwater Basin , a region south of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska, at the narrowest point of the Central Flyway.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2019
On our recent visit to Singapore we had hoped that we would be able to observe Oriental Pied Hornbills and we were very lucky during our visit. Not only did we observe the bird species most days, but we also had the privilege of observing them at a nest. We were quite surprised by the noise that they made, because it was not too dissimilar to some of the odd sounds a Blue-winged Kookaburra can make in Australia.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2019
April showers are said to bring May flowers, but this time of year offers far more than fancy flora. The avifauna, for example, can be exquisite. Sample some this weekend. I’ll be hitting the hawk watch this weekend, hoping for something more interesting than the armadas of Turkey Vultures currently tipping through. Corey will be making the most of early spring birding in Queens.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 12, 2019
Author: Paul Nolan Anger has its benefits, writer Charles Duhigg states in a recent Atlantic cover story on the topic. “We’re more likely to perceive people who express anger as competent, powerful and the kinds of leaders who will overcome challenges. Anger motivates us to undertake difficult tasks. We’re often more creative when we’re angry, because our outrage helps us see solutions we’ve overlooked,” he writes.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 22, 2019
Author: Manny Medina, Max Atschuler and Mark Kosoglow The days of old-school communications have passed. In their stead, we have new modern sales communications that are data-driven, personalized, relevant, omnichannel, sequenced, and fully optimized for today’s sophisticated buyer. The following are the seven major business pain points solved by sales engagement: Business Pain Point #1: Not Optimizing for the Modern Buyer.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 26, 2019
Author: Steve Norman I recently saw the CMO of a high-profile company present at an international marketing conference. I was surprised to hear him talk about the fact that his company was now embracing specialist sales roles. The company had implemented a hunter/farmer model, whereby “hunter” salespeople were responsible for finding and closing deals, while “farmer” salespeople focus on retaining and growing business with existing accounts.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 28, 2019
Author: Hope Horner Sending email after email to leads just doesn’t work like it used to. Especially now, when new sales-related tech seems to crop up weekly: data management systems, sales forecasting, customer relationship management software, and automated email marketing platforms. But even with these advanced solutions, we’re forgetting one key aspect of sales: the human connection.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 15, 2019
Author: Kurt Nelson PhD & Tim Houlihan It’s important to begin by acknowledging that teams are different from work groups. We often use “teams” to describe groups of people who work together, like sales teams. However, sales teams are typically work groups formed by the hierarchy of the organization, not the work they’re doing. They may work for the same manager, but they pursue individual and independent goals.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 5, 2019
Author: Pete Dufner As a creative director in a past life, I witnessed Natasha Jen’s “Design Thinking is Bull ” presentation back at the HOW conference in 2017. That’s why I approached this article carefully, with eyes wide open and BS detectors set on high. (If you haven’t seen her video yet, it’s 13 minutes well spent.). Alexa, what’s design thinking?
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 10, 2019
Author: Linda Deeken Much can be learned from the successes and missteps of companies large and small across the marketplace. My partner, Eddie Yoon, and I have begun to unlock the emerging theme for 2019 around subscription models and their potential for the marketplace at large. As Eddie has discussed in several videos recently, subscription models are clearly not a one-size-fits-all phenomenon.
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