10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2018

Here are a few of my recommendations for some such esteemed members of the Costa Rican avifauna: Forest Football Chicken or FFC (Great Tinamou) – Since tinamou sounds like the perfect representation of an oddly-shaped bird with a small head that gives beautiful tremulous vocalizations, I am sorely tempted to leave this one off the list.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Falcons are now known to be related to parrots; vultures to be cousins of storks. My own work, “Not Convinced: Going To Battle With A Generation of Stringers”, is due to be released soon.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

My parrots have nailed me harder than any wild bird,” said Jodi Swenson. It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”. I regularly check for snakes before entering cages now! That particular one was just a hog nose, but we have rattlers, copperheads, moccasins, and corals. Even worse, we have… (shudder)… June bugs!”. “My

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2016

Pine Grosbeak is a real treat for New Yorkers and many a city-birder has made the journey to the Adirondacks to see these large, almost parrot-like birds. Gorgeous animals, and amazingly graceful, but a bit worrying when they are sitting a foot or two from your six-year-old who was sorely tempted to give them a snack. And the finches!

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