10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2024
I could imagine that timing the earlier emergence of insect prey at the breeding grounds is particularly problematic for insectivorous species. This abundance by no means meant theat they are easy to see, and I got quite a sore neck from peering into the canopy. Eurasian Blackcaps, while even more common, are also always a pleasure.
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2021
I have it on good authority that many of you have already ridden the roller coaster of this season’s migration madness and are now recovering from strained eyes, sore necks, and bloated lists. Some of us, however, are still reaching towards the very peak of the wave, eager to follow all its twists and turns until the end.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A “I’d wish for rehabber-appreciative regulators who don’t think adding paperwork equals adding security,” wrote Louise in Oregon. I’d wish for respect for what we do.”. Personal Things.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). The guide covers 265 of Maine’s 461 bird species: common nesting species, common migrants, and wintering birds. Read the book: it makes perfect sense.)
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2011
Where I live, there are two species of lemmings, the Brown Lemming ( Lemmus trimucronatus ) and the Collared Lemming ( Dicrostonyx groenlandicus ). The energy they expend will be sorely needed to get them through the winter and get them home to their breeding range up here. A Collared Lemming on a Beat Writer’s hand.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
While we continue to decimate our short and tall grass prairies many species reach their inevitable peril. Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks. They often build their nests in open savannas where it sticks out like a sore thumb.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
In fact, there are probably few species so well-known and well-loved. In the spruce-birch forests above 5,000 feet in elevation, the Black-caps live out their lonely existence as the representative of the species in the far south. And there are some birds I have not seen in North Carolina because I am kind of a lazy lister.
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