10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. And then we go back to the evolution of clutch size.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. It was the adventure of a lifetime, made even more exciting by a travel route that went through Panama and Mexico, where Ridgway was exposed to Neotropical birds, a passion that informed his later work.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
Like crows and jays, they are social, vocal, intelligent, and omnivorous (including eating eggs and nestlings). A bird of lowland and foothill rainforest, the Yellow-throated Toucan can be seen in most parts of the Caribbean slope and from the Carara area south to Panama. Yes, this bird acts like a jay.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2013
Peripatetic ornithologist Nick Sly has long been a friend of the blog here and has contributed such classics as Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult and Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral. A typical Neotropical bird – a Royal Flycatcher caught on a scouting trip in Panama. Just look at that thing!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2017
And colorful eggs. I have much to celebrate, as my family and I are embarked on a Spring Break sojourn to Panama by way of Canada. For many people around the world, the coming weekend carries spiritual meaning, symbolic of rebirth and renewal. And chocolate bunnies. And lots and lots of birds. Celebrate your way!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2012
2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year.
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