4 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Trinidad's cloud forests typically aren't birded much. After all, the habitat is restricted to the highest and mostly inaccessible reaches of the mountain range across the...
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Maine Jumpstarted My 2021 Birding

4 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Like so many, the majority of my birding since the Covid-19 pandemic began has centered on my own backyard and local walking excursions. But as we kicked off 2021, I found...
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Paradise Regained

13 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Among all the birding locations I have found, Pino Real was my first love. I was just getting back into birding, and had only gone to some urban sites, during 2012 and 2013. I...
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A Survey of U.S. Birders

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “ National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons ” is notable. Although the...
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Nestlings and Fledglings

2 days ago | Ornithology

I received another email yesterday about birds falling out of their nests. The emailer didn't say where he lived but indicated that he was picking up several young birds that...
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Birds from Britannia by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

With the sad passing of Prince Philip this week I thought I should share with you a book that we own that he wrote. This book was gifted by my father, Philip, to his father...
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Millions of Red-eyed Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds, Chimney Swifts in Costa Rica- All Heading North

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Birds are arriving in North America, flying from places far to the south. Many come from Central America, a good number fly much further. When birding in parks and woodlots of...
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We're Bananas for Citron-Crested Cockatoos!

4 days ago | Pause For Tails

Pictured here is our very handsome young Citron-Crested Cockatoo, Banana. Banana's species is absolutely fascinating! Did you know that Citron-Crested Cockatoos occur naturally...
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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

A cheeky lad, Geoffrey McMullan was regularly subjected to brutal discipline at his English boarding school. He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with...
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Photographic nature guides have been with us for a long time, but have reached their adulthood only recently. There are some magnificent photos of birds from the early 20th...
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Into the Clouds

Trinidad's cloud forests typically aren't birded much. After all, the habitat is restricted to the highest and mostly inaccessible reaches of the mountain range across the... Read more ...

Maine Jumpstarted My 2021 Birding

Like so many, the majority of my birding since the Covid-19 pandemic began has centered on my own backyard and local walking excursions. But as we kicked off 2021, I found... Read more ...

Paradise Regained

Among all the birding locations I have found, Pino Real was my first love. I was just getting back into birding, and had only gone to some urban sites, during 2012 and 2013. I... Read more ...

A Survey of U.S. Birders

Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “ National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons ” is notable. Although the... Read more ...