10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s a sample of what I got at the feeders at Santa Ana NWR last week: I love the way the blackbirds sound in slow motion…a little terrifying. It’s so cool, especially with the iPhone 5s because it will take slow motion video. Even garden variety Red-winged Blackbirds are fun to play with in slow motion.

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Blackbirds Minnesota North America America 221

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2015

They acknowledge that the confident positioning of these and other historically problematic taxa will require broader genetic sampling, however. If these four groups are in fact shown to form a monophyletic clade, one option would be to treat them as one family, instead of four, as Don Roberson shows.

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Sparrows North America South America Blackbirds 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2024

And I must say, based on this most unscientific sample group, the future for my own birder’s health could be quite rosy. Lark Sparrow In recent months, several American birders have reached out to have me take them birding in or around Morelia. For the most part, they have been even older than I.

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Livestock Birds Sparrows Mexico 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

As for the music, while listening to some sample tracks, I found myself enjoying the blend of bird sounds and easy-going music. The Keel-billed Motmot is a local, little known species that may be threatened by habitat alteration and maybe even hybridization with the related Broad-billed Motmot.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua Cuba Mexico 278

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The undoubted highlight, though, was the trip to Neuschwanstein. Not so much because of the castle — though I remember it being pretty — but because on a low rock wall near where we sat to eat our lunches I spotted a strange little bird, a bit like a nuthatch but largely dark gray with vivid red wing-markings.

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McDonalds Germany Animal Species 247

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I suspect this might mean that the natural food sources along the river are running out, but with a sample size this small it could also just be one of those things. Speaking of sparrows (real ones this time) the Juncos have gone from one tag-along Song Sparrow to two.

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Squirrels Shelters Birds Sparrows 252

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

the eBird/Clements checklist puts them in a group as of version 6.9), but as far as I can tell, the new study didn’t sample viridis specifically. There are three subspecies in this group: caspius , seistanicus , poliocephalus — García-Ramírez and Trewick sampled the latter two. African Swamphen. Philippine Swamphen.

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Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 249

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

We would walk the Pacific Beach promenade, see Shamu at Sea World (this is before Blackfish, mind you), and sample delicious Mexican food in Old Town San Diego. My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon.

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San Diego Sea Lions Lions Birds 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2021

Besides the few warblers depicted in the mix of songbirds featured on Safe Flight IPA by the Kings County Brewers Collective we sampled in October 2019, I think this is only the second time we’ve seen a warbler here at Birds and Booze, a surprising situation given how popular this family is with North American birders.

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Boston New York 2019 Collecting 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2022

There are many many podcasts and I have only sampled a small number, so if there are episode suggestions, please leave them in the comments. Below are some fairly recent episodes that I have enjoyed and that may be of interest to others. All can be listened to for free online via the links. Fresh Air ( NPR , 2021, 46 min.):

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Zoos 2020 Massachusetts 2015 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Here is a pretty big sample but this is only the tip of the iceberg – feel free to leave links in the comments to any Snowy Owl bird blog content that you find! Truly, it is a banner year for fans of Bubo scandiacus ! So, what is going on with Snowy Owls in the birding blog world?

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Owls North Carolina New Hampshire Indiana 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2021

All four of these grapes are widely grown in the Douro for port production, and – except for the Tinta Barroca – I believe we’ve sampled all these varieties at Birds and Booze in the five Portuguese wines we’ve featured here previously. Eurasian Golden Oriole by Dutch illustrator J.G.

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2017 Portugal Europe Africa 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2024

I did not get an adequate warning of what was in store for us until we had already sampled four types of mezcal, then our guide informed us that we were to try twenty more mezcals – and that was only the first stop. Our first day was spent on a mezcal tour, which I only remember half of, and misidentified birds after the first stop.

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Mexico Birds Oregon Puffins 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2014

The sheer number of species that have been shuffled around on our big earth is impressive, though we will be dealing with the smaller sample size of invasive avians and other invasives that effect avians. Nonetheless, this week will be chock full of invasive species.

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Species New Zealand North America Mammals 241

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Either first thing in the morning, at noon, at twilight, or night; the visitor has the opportunity to appreciate a great sample of biodiversity at all times. We invite you to discover this paradise lost in the Central American jungles and enjoy the birds, with the best comfort and local gastronomic flavors that only Macaw Lodge offers you.

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Costa Rica Sanctuary Bats Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2013

As Duncan explained, the birds in the following photographs (bar the last two which were taken on nearby Kapiti Island) “dropped by our house a few times to sample our offered apples (one of the views has Wellington Harbour in the background).” ” Imagine parrots in your back yard!

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New Zealand Possums Parrots 2010 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2016

The difference in the jitteryness of the lines has to do with sample size. There are way more North American birds in the sample than European, owing to differences in the quality of the data. The larger North American sample sizes smooth out the line.

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North America Europe America United States 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is a tiny sample of the birds: Three-toed Jacamar Red-legged Seriema Saw-billed Hermit Hooded Berryeater Bertonis Antbird Guilt-edge Tanager. This is a very wet forest which is totally isolated from the Amazon forest by a very large dry plateau.

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Brazil Ecuador Birds Humane 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2012

The 2008 “Early Bird” framework proposed by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues is being ratified and refined by successive studies using new techniques and different sets of samples. Kagu wasn’t sampled in the study.) McCormack et al., Sunbittern ( Eurypyga helias ) cc-by Tambako the Jaguar Until now? McCormack et al.

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Parrots Falcons South America 2008 193

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2020

NAOC is big — there are so many speeches, round tables, symposia, panel discussions, and poster presentations, that nobody could sample even a tiny fraction of the entire conference. This will be my first ornithology conference, so I am not sure exactly what to expect.

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Puerto Rico 2020 Experience Experiments 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

Visitors to the Pacific Northwest who appreciate craft beer might sample Condor Kolsch from Rogue Ale & Spirits of Newport, Oregon. The population in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada was designated as such in 1996 , before the first release from Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona.

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California Condor California Endangered Species Oregon 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

They took blood samples from the birds in order to extract DNA. This is odd and I can’t remember ever having heard of such a thing before. How can two species interbreed into a new species? “Second, and perhaps equally important – it is not reproducing with the Spanish sparrow, even though the two birds live side-by-side.&#

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Sparrows Science Breeding Species 154

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2013

Hidden away in that boatyard is an amazingly good spot to buy roti, which rivaled doubles as my favorite food that I sampled while in Trinidad and Tobago. West of Port of Spain in Chaguaramus, off the Western Main Road, is a very large boatyard. What, exactly, is roti? It usually refers to an unleavened bread of the type made in south Asia.

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Trinidad Guyana Reptiles Chickens 235

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2020

The illustrations usually include several photos and field guide paintings (from HBW) of a sample member of each genus. The text deals with Related Families, Similar Birds, Description, Habitat, Food, Breeding, Conservation and Relationships.

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Family Birds South America Breeding 299

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2016

This caveat aside, Lapwings, Loons & Lousy Jacks is a fountain of lore that should definitely be sampled by anyone thirsty for bird name stories.

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North America America Science Australia 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

It is clear though that Burmese Pythons in South Florida come from a founder or source population as studies showed that DNA samples from snakes caught in the Everglades show they are related to some degree.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 233

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass. They seem to be a friendly lot, with inquisitive minds and cheerful natures, and are always on the go.

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San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 233

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2011

One sample snapper examined in a study found 99 different types of food in the stomach, a mix of crabs, worms, echinoderms, shellfish, fish and other prey items. Australasian Snapper ( Pagrus auratus ) Snapper (as they are usually called here) are common inshore fish that eat just about anything.

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New Zealand Goats Fish Japan 206

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2011

I received word that a bird was mist-netted on the 10th December 2011 and DNA samples were taken. There is more than one bird at Rogitama, each with differing coloration 2. Bogota Sunangel is only known from one skin. How much variation was there in this species? A new sylph species? A hybrid or just a variety of Long-tailed Sylph ?

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Colombia Family 2011 Species 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

These are a small sampling of the birds possible while birding in place on Poas. Sooner or later, both of these glittering birds will make themselves known, either with high pitched calls or by flying into view, maybe even too close for pictures (that can happen while birding in place on Poas).

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Costa Rica Birds Cows Hunters 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

The sheer number of species that have been shuffled around on our big earth is impressive, though we will be dealing with the smaller sample size of invasive avians and other invasives that effect avians. Nonetheless, this week will be chock full of invasive species.

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Feral Meat Serbia Species 260

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Along with five other writers I’ll be scribbling in bucolic luxury, working without modern distractions to put together the very best sample chapters the world has ever seen. There will even be a public reading of our work on October 17 , if you happen to be in the neighborhood.

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Woodpeckers Fish Wildlife Birds 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2014

The sheer number of species that have been shuffled around on our big earth is impressive, though we will be dealing with the smaller sample size of invasive avians and other invasives that effect avians. Nonetheless, this week will be chock full of invasive species.

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Species Myanmar Tanzania Uganda 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2020

That’s why we combined data from eBird, iNaturalist, and Flickr (which presumably are used by slightly different subsets of the general population, even though this is still a biased sample) in our study.

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Chicago Illinois Michigan Research 306

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2011

Splashy splashy – Broad-billed Prion gets a bath Craig tube-feeding a bird Towards the end of the session a bunch of vets fromthe Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry dropped in to collect blood samples as part of an ongoing survey of disease in animals in New Zealand, so pretty soon we were helping them as well.

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New Zealand Vet Collecting Geese 236

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For some inexplicable reason, the notation of the French children’s song “Alouette” above the skylark is in mirror image in this copy of the label, though it appears correctly on the bottle I sampled.

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2017 France Chicago Collecting 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Because NAOC is so large, it is more accurate to say I sampled small parts of the enormous event. Last week, I “attended” the virtual North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC).

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Puerto Rico Parrots Ecuador Protection 264