10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2024

This was an unexpected encounter Griffon Vulture : common in Spain, but seriously endangered in Cyprus Shrikes are one of my favourite families of birds. The shrikes are one of the most handsome of bird families. A wandering White-tailed Eagle in Norfolk in April.

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Cyprus Greece Spain Europe 205

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. His wildlife photographs have been published in birding and mountaineering magazines and his devotion to his very favorite bird family, the Albatross, have been documented in his book, Around the World for Albatrosses (2019). Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 278

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JUNE 1, 2021

The guides bore the Audubon Society name, were published by Knopf and distributed by Random House, but they were actually conceived and produced by an outfit called Chanticleer Press and they became a publishing sensation. The press material says it covers over 800 species, so you know I had to do a count. ” These are all great.

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North America America California Condor Birds 278

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AUGUST 3, 2021

It’s a big subject that has been embraced by biologists Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman in Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication, a largish, book recently published by Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Bright Press is a British company. Press; May 2021.

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North America Research Birds America 278

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Each family is given a double-page spread. Weighing 2.88 pounds, it is a hefty book, not something you would want to carry on foot, but rather leave at home or in your car. But first and foremost – it is a beautiful book. So if it is not a standard field guide, what is it? in, 156 x 235 mm Weight: 2.88

Europe 238

Europe Asia Cyprus Turkey 238

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AUGUST 6, 2022

Although it might not occur in the high elevations nor so much in dry forest, you would be hard pressed to not see this long-tailed bird in other places. You’ll probably hear them first, like so many others of their family, they aren’t shy about making some noise. Birding in a local park? Crimson-fronteds fly into view.

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Costa Rica San Jose Asia Geese 147

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. 61: dissection showing upper mandible, lower mandible, and tongue, photo by Tim Birkhead, © Tim Birkhead; text © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. by Tim Birkhead.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 216

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Press, 1989); A Guide to the Birds to the Birds of Panama, with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras, 2nd ed. ,

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

To quote the HBW “Prefers to run, rather than to fly, from potential danger, but will take to the air if hard-pressed” (again a good time to recommend you to look up the “Stupid Birds” Gary Larson cartoon online ). And this is what the jay eats, apparently – at least occasionally.

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China Austria Birds ALA 245

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. 656 pages, 301 colour plates with 25,000 illustrations HarperCollins Publishers, London, September 2021 (in United States: Princeton University Press, 2021) ISBN 9780008173999. The author’s decision was the IOC list, version 8.2

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Botswana Africa Ecuador Birds 243

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The authors continue: “Although an appreciation of taxonomic relationships may be intellectually stimulating, arranging bird families according to taxonomic sequence is not necessarily helpful for field identification. inches ISBN: 9780691167398 Publisher : Princeton University Press (05/01/2018). Howell and Fabrice Schmitt Weight: 1.06

Chile 198

Chile Birds South America Albatross 198

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

I just pressed the wrong button when working on the post on September 28 (feel free to insert your own joke about premature something here). I am sure none of you wondered why my Shanghai post for September was already published on the 28th. However, I will explain the reason to you anyway.

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Deer China Birds Owls 218

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MAY 12, 2014

Scientific names don’t reflect the massive changes to species in the warbler family. Tanagers are listed in the table of contents as members of the Tanager, Thraupidae , family, not members of the cardinal and grosbeak, Cardinalidae , family. Cool Springs Press, March 2014, 224 pages, 8.2 by Noble Proctor.

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2006 2014 Connecticut North America 195

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).

New York City 184

New York City Fox Owls California Condor 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2017

In some ways his story is familiar to a lot of birders: the outdoors was both recreation and refuge for him, his family imbued him with a love of learning and an appreciation for the earth. The love of nature is evident in his chapters about his parents and siblings; his family is ever-present in his musings on trees and springs and cows.

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South Carolina Stray Cows Blackbirds 125

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MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press. LSU Press, 2019, 272 pp. by Marybeth Lima.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2016

Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock ( Yellow-rumped Warbler , ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such a species to you and asking for an ID. He was even suspected by his opponents of using his standing with the Boston press to print scurrilous anonymous editorials about them.

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Blackbirds Boston Science Sparrows 190

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MARCH 29, 2014

Their morphology and appearance are also very similar, but the families are not closely related. They can hover for a short time if pressed, but where a suitable perch is available, they prefer to hold on as they feed. The sunbirds of the Old World fill a similar niche to the hummingbirds of the New World.

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Singapore Parrots Family Birds 161

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JUNE 11, 2021

Brasserie au Baron has its origins in a bistro run by the Bailleux family since 1973 in Gussignies, a small French town along that lies along the river Hogneau right at the border with Belgium’s Hainaut province in the Francophone south of that country.

France 231

France Eagles Shelters Suffering 231

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Press), which Mike reviewed in 2009 , is the one most people will be comparing it to), by a view of birds that encompasses their habitat and ecology. Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I

Brunei 174

Brunei Asia Birds China 174

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JULY 7, 2020

They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 263

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DECEMBER 29, 2012

While eating lunch with Daisy and her family at a picnic area in Joshua Tree National Park the other day a small chipmunk-looking creature ventured out of the rock formation we were eating next to. Individuals will also press their chest against ground in the shade in order to cool off from the heat of the day.

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Squirrels Chipmunks Idaho Mammals 201

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MARCH 6, 2018

It is not a book for every birder, but it will be a fascinating read for those who love albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, storm-petrels–you know, tubenoses–as well as penguins, gannets, cormorants, and pretty much every bird family that spends most of its life at sea. Princeton University Press, March 2018. Who is it for?

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution.

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 228

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I was in the country for a day two years ago, a layover between my last visit to the UK and coming back to New Zealand, and I had managed to arrange a mad-cap day of birding, a story for another day when I have more time and a less pressing need to watch immature car related television. Sparrows are from the family Passeridae.

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United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Oman Yemen 160

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AUGUST 31, 2011

They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. The family stays very close to cover for several weeks, getting bolder as the young develop. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.

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California Rattlesnake Gophers Eggs 217

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AUGUST 19, 2012

Here in the United States, students and their families are no more than two weeks from the beginning of school, notwithstanding those poor kids who have already commenced their academic year. Corey is likely hard-pressed to pick a top bird from his European vacation, so let’s not pressure him. How about you?

2012 113

2012 United States Birds Family 113

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MARCH 3, 2020

Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families. ISBN: 9789990596182.

Bolivia 171

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 171

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The answers involve phylogenies, evolutionary family trees, derived from DNA studies combined with fossil records, and geological concepts of how the continents and oceans were formed from super land masses. Press, October 2021. 70) is adorable as well as educational. by Douglas J. Princeton Univ. 48 color + 67 b/w illus.

Science 211

Science Albatross Research Owls 211

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AUGUST 6, 2012

For example, I was going to add “no tail” to the list of features above, what all frogs share, when I remembered that there are indeed a small family of Tailed frogs, four species in New Zealand and two in North America (though, the tails are quite tiny). Princeton University Press, 2011, 192 pp. These are terms of usage. 200 photos.

Reptiles 184

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 184

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

My friend Ian had purchased Richard ffrench’s classic A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago just before we left, the third edition, hot off the presses. For some reason, Yale University Press discontinued its arrangement with Helms, so there is no United States edition. The bird guide question was a conundrum.

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Trinidad South America Birds 2011 193

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MARCH 29, 2019

Quinta do Casal Branco has been in the family of winemaker José Lobo de Vasconcelos for over two centuries, since 1775. The first half of the estate Lobo e Falcão (“Wolf and Falcon”) label is clearly a tribute to the family’s lupine surname, but whence comes the falcon?

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2016 Portugal Belgium Falcons 127

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

by Princeton University Press. Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780691149493 All photographs used in this article are courtesy of Princeton University Press. Lewis also responsible for the maps and graphics, and I think they deserve as much credit as Mike Unwin for the book’s appeal. This is a fun book to read.

Albatross 195

Albatross Campaign Protection Birds 195

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AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. The authors’ interest expanded into this book, published by Texas A&M University Press.

America 227

America Squirrels Industry Birds 227

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2012

The Edwards’s Pheasant is a rather smart blue-black member of the pheasant family and it may be on the edge of extinction. The most pressing need is for intensive surveys in the bird’s native habitat, to maximise chances of locating any remaining populations in the wild.

Vietnam 154

Vietnam 2000 Germany Asia 154

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MARCH 22, 2011

Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Utah Deer 2011 Cows 140

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MARCH 27, 2020

I come from a family where the worse the situation, the faster and more furiously the wisecracks fly, so I suppose I’m hardwired to look for humor. Perch Press (March 24, 2020). The book is darkly funny. Why did you decide it was important to find humor in Luna’s experience? I can’t write stories that are unrelentingly grim.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 253