10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
Hummingbirds have long been classified as most closely related to the widespread, well-known swifts and the treeswifts , a small, predominantly Indomalayan family. As for the hummingbirds themselves, distinctive as the group is, the relationships within the large hummingbird family have been quite difficult to unravel.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. titled Avian relationships – What do we know? Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. Open Jarvis et al.’s Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2011
It may seem like cruel and unusual punishment for we denizens of the New World to spend an entire week celebrating what is surely the coolest family of birds in the world, a family that is sadly absent from the Old World, but it can’t be helped.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2020
These birds also invite one to sites that are unique within the United States – the climate, vegetation, and landscapes all add context and heighten the experience of seeing one’s first Elegant Trogon or Painted Bunting. So let’s look at this sampler, shall we? Want to see Painted Bunting on a Naturalist Journeys tour?:
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2021
My family’s walk through Rochester’s historic Mt. Such a great bird for the northeastern United States was easily his Best Bird of the Weekend! We just endured the warmest June on record, which may well turn out to be the coolest June we’ll see in a long time. How about you?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2013
I know that families in the United States are already fretting/anticipating September’s arrival. Now that we’re later in the season, they are grouping either in family clusters or anticipation of migration. Another long, lovely summer weekend has slipped into history. How do you feel about it? How about you?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2021
When the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (or SARS-CoV-2) acquired the name COVID-19 (short for “coronavirus 2019”) last February, many birders couldn’t help but notice the coincidental similarity between that abbreviation and name of one of the most familiar of all passerine families – Corvidae.
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