10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
Flower, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Christopher J. Whelan, from the Illinois Natural History Survey, explained, “The increased utilization of EAB-infested ash trees by woodpeckers and bark-foraging birds observed in our study demonstrates that woodpeckers are able to shift their behavior to actively target EAB.”
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Ridgway, born in 1850 in Mr. Carmel, Illinois, was a boy many of us would recognize; all he wanted to do was bird. This is probably one of the reasons Daniel Lewis,the author,turned from writing a popular biography to a history of ornithology as a science and the ornithologist as a profession. And, draw birds. It’s challenging reading.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
The selections appear to largely reflect Hauber’s personal experiences around the world and he does occasionally bring himself into the essay, reflecting on a European Robin he observes at dusk in northwestern Germany or searching for American Robin nests on a tree farm in the Midwestern United States. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature. He effectively brings his point across by presenting facts and images and a little bit of hard science. Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
More than concerned, he is dismayed and alarmed and has been since January 1974, when he first witnessed a Mourning Dove fly into a window and fall to the ground dead on the Southern Illinois University campus. Dead birds are a part of the life of a birder, a feeder of birds, and of bird science.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2013
Maria and I, first-year graduate students in Zac Cheviron’s lab at the University of Illinois, Urbana-. Birding juncos manakins ornithology science' My labmate Maria Stager and I have entered a contest for a $10,000 research grant from Endnote. To win, we need your votes! Thanks for your support!
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