10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

In one document, I was referred to as a “self-taught ornithologist.” Another challenge to bird research is that it is woefully underfunded and relies heavily on citizen science. As the company has been introducing me to the rest of the staff and clients, a description of my talents caught my attention.

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Arkansas Science Farming Woodpeckers 237

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges.

2006 279

2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Porpoises 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.

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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” I found this use of ‘regular people’s’ stories initially disjointing; it threw my librarian concept of a reference book out of whack. But, this is not a reference book in the classic sense.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

When doing some research for a presentation on cavity nesting birds of Northern California, I came upon a reference titled “ Cavity Nesting Birds of North American Forests.” //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wpM1LwKaak. v=-wpM1LwKaak. ” The book listed the Peregrine Falcon as a cavity nester which I thought was curious.

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Falcons Pelicans Europe California 182

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2022

The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail. Where, physically, is the bird’s sensor located?

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Humane New York Owls Hunting 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

During the very late 15th century and early 16th century, there are about five or so references to one Spanish explorer or another finding a “Turkey” and maybe or maybe not bringing it back to Europe. Another from the King of Spain dated 30 september 1512 refers to two turkeys which had arrived in Spain from Hispaniola.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. Do you know of any references for this? I cannot seem to find any evidence that any of the other accentors are polygynandrous; at least some of them seem not to be.

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2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2024

One recent article , “Hybrid zone or hybrid lineage”, refers to the issue in its subtitle as “Sibley’s classic species conundrum in hybrid Pipilo towhees” The conundrum in question is the affirmation by the ornithologist Charles G.

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Mexico United States 2019 Research 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. Comments from more experienced readers are welcome.).

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 290

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2013

And while the birds that we in the western hemisphere refer to as blackbirds in their common names are from several different genera it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that if a bird is in the same genus as the North American meadowlarks that it would also be called a meadowlark. female Red-breasted Blackbird.

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Blackbirds Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaragua 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2011

So says the lead in this BBC News article , which references a recent study done by researchers from the Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden and the Donana Biological Station, Seville, Spain. “City dwelling birds have larger brains relative to their body size, according to scientists.&#

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Sweden Spain Birds Research 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Range maps indicate general distribution and users are referred to country field guides for more detailed maps. There is an Index in the back of the book, as previously mentioned, and a bibliographic list of references of articles and books referred to in the Species Accounts. Together, Clark and Schmitt make an excellent team.

Mexico 189

Mexico America North America Falcons 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2011

While researching this quiz on the internet, I have seen many numbers claiming to be the correct number. Don’t they do their research? EXTRA CREDIT: Coincidentally, what else does 223 refer to? Or that the internet will allow anyone to post anything no matter whether it is correct or not. Good luck!

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2011 North America Research America 158

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Both these names as well as it’s English name refer to the overlapping spots that are a feature of the underside of all the twinspots. Pink-throated Twinspot.

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Africa Somalia Mozambique Pelicans 251

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

When we refer to an American Robin , we all immediately know the precise species in question. In practice, this means that proposals to the NACC advocating a change to a long-established English name must present a strongly compelling, well-researched, and balanced rationale. The Sibley app, however, is updated.)

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Birds Laws 2020 Jordan 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park. The end matter includes a glossary and references cited section, but sadly lacks an index, making attempts to find specific information within the book even harder.

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Owls Wounded Colorado Rabbits 215

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2014

The story I saw on my Twitter feed referred to scientists from North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, working in the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa. The researchers noticed the fish taking swallows at a rate of up to 20 a day. The Tigerfish eating bird thing does not have the hallmarks of a fantastic thing.

South Africa 256

South Africa Botswana Africa Zimbabwe 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships.

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Parrots Falcons Indonesia Rodents 231

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2015

That “fire” refers to the median crown-stripe, but that is something I could not see from underneath. This game lasted for a good 15 or 20 minutes, until I managed to see its head with black eye stripe, white supercilium and the black lateral crown-stripe: the Common Firecrest ! Bats flying out of the Lazareva Cave, (c) Jovica Sjenicic.

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Bats Squirrels Woodpeckers Game 250

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

When I began to research this phenomenon, I discovered that sapsuckers create elaborate systems of sap wells and maintain this resource throughout the day to ensure sap production. References: 1 Birds Of North America Online a. You can see the multitude of sap wells in this live oak tree as the hummingbird feeds.

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Alaska North America Woodpeckers 2010 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When we come to Gentoo Penguin again in the South Georgia chapter, for example, we’re referred back to its first appearance in Antarctica, utilizing the outline numbers.). Noah Stryker wrote about his experiences doing research with penguins in Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica (Oregon State Univ. Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2015

It’s all of the things I learn about different birds from researching to write posts. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 BirdLife International. If you want to learn a lot about bird species, I find “Birds of North America Online” the best resource on the net. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUBX_tlHySc.

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San Francisco North America Seals Sanctuary 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

The HBW entry for the Downy Woodpecker (Reno, USA) illustrates a common phenomenon – apparently, the more a species is known, the more subjects for further research pop up. This odd behavior led to their use in witchcraft, hence to put a “jinx” on someone” (The last part refers to the Latin name of Jynx torquilla ).

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Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

These coveys usually range is size from 27 to 73 individuals but researchers have suggested that in arid areas, larger groups are drawn to the same water source, thereby producing large, stable coveys 2. References: 1 Baicich, Paul J. and Harrison, Colin J.

California 262

California Gophers Rattlesnake Eggs 262

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

For easier reference, I have given the order of families in the oldest field guide (on the left) a spectral colour pattern and used the same colour for the respective families in the other guides. You need to refer to the index for all four books. The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above.

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Brunei 2009 2014 2016 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Obviously more research needs to be done on this magnificent raptor. link] References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Olendorff, R. The latest study I found was a migration study which included Canada, the United States and Mexico done by the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Raptor Res.

Squirrels 169

Squirrels Prairie Dogs North America Rabbits 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Karlson and Dale Rosselet in Birding by Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds, the latest addition to the Peterson Reference Guide series and a book likely to revive the continuing discussion about the merits of GISS (the term used in the book, as opposed to the popular jizz ) versus traditional bird identification. .*

New Jersey 197

New Jersey Birds Science New York City 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This separation of different traits into individual and separate histories, each with its own selective environment, is now known as “mosaic evolution&# in reference to a mosaic showing a coherent picture, but made of many individual separate tiles. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research.

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Penguins Seals Peru Leopards 238

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

America 250

America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Seriously, it is much nicer to blog about a brown bird with a descriptive name than some other bird whose common name references an ancient ornithologist none of us have ever met. This post is about the subspecies rufa from Java, because that’s the only subspecies I’ve seen so far.

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Vietnam Timor Myanmar Asia 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2015

Known as the Great Egret in the Americas, it was commonly referred to as the Great White Heron in the Old World. Recent research however has shown it to be more closely linked to Ardea -herons. The first level is the most harmless of them all since it only pertains to birders engaged in international conversations: its common name.

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Asia Europe Germany Breeding 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019. .”

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

It’s a great reference book, but, I confess, a book I seldom use. Of course, these are stories of over 460 species, condensed and informed by research gleaned from ornithological literature dating back to 1869. The 13-page bibliography attests to Boyle’s scholarship. Should you buy this book?

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New Jersey 2009 Bald Eagle Birds 240