Experiments New Jersey Science 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2012
Last week a mystery bird from New Jersey rightly caused a fair bit of confusion among birders of the Garden State and beyond. New Jersey mystery sparrow. The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2012
He writes about how experienced birders think, and how they draw on the sciences of weather, geography, and ecology to analyze where the birds will be. But, before we get to the patch, Lovitch takes us to his home state of New Jersey for a “Case Study” in applying his principles and better birding skills on the road.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2015
GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.* I like Birding by Impression.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2012
The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. As birders in New Jersey recently found out when a Crested Caracara showed up in a farm field in the middle of suburbia, hawks just might show up anywhere!
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2024
It’s a book that counterpoints and combines facts and personal experiences, science-based and eloquent writing styles, textual description and visual information, a history of abundance and an uncertain future. From Part I, “Shorebirds in Winter,” p. 41; © 2024 by Pete Dunne and Kevin T.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ Louisiana is a magical place to bird. ’ What was left to write about? ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” ” I wondered.
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