Experiments Information Tail Banding 
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2014
Each species account includes the following basic information: popular name, scientific name, size (length and wingspan) and weight, and symbols indicating if the male or female are larger in size where appropriate. Most field guides show photos or diagrams of birds with arrows pointing to the eye line, primaries, secondaries, etc.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2012
This may be the most awesome pelagic you’ll ever experience… For me it was the publication in 1984 of Peter Harrison’s ground-breaking identification guide to ‘ Seabirds ’ that opened up the off-shore world of pelagic birding right on Cape Town’s door step. Table Mountain at dusk All photos © Patrick Cardwell a.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. I didn’t see scapulars, auriculars, primaries, tail coverts, tarsi—none of that. He started experimenting with silk screening to produce most of his designs, including the images in Birds & Art.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2012
.” There are the classic field marks, size of head and shape of tail, but, we are told, never rely on just one or two features! In addition to differences in tail bands, streaking on juveniles, and flight style, the authors offer behavioral clues which I find fascinating and much easier to remember than width and color of tail bands.
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