14 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Shanghai is basically a very flat place. The highest elevations here are all buildings, including the second-highest building in the world, the Shanghai Tower at 632 meters. In...
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In the Heights

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

Every year, around this time, I feel the need to get an early start and drive a full hour to Cerro de Garnica. That is because this site's height of 3,000 m offers me certain...
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Keeping the Faith

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

You may have heard the news that resonated throughout the international birding circuit some months ago - in case you missed it you can read my gloss-over here. Several tour...
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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

2 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Of all the living things in our world to be passionate about, mushrooms may rate as the most unlikely. Ranging in color from off-white to dingy black, with pastel to gelatinous...
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Photobugs and Birds

3 days ago | Ornithology

I've noted before the occasional conflicts between birdwatchers and photographers and I've received stories from readers regarding experiences with rude picture-takers. There's...
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What just swooped toward the bird feeder?

3 days ago | Tufts University

Clinical associate professor Maureen Murray, V03, spoke with The Boston Globe about the most common injuries Tufts Wildlife Clinic treats in Cooper's hawks.
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Wrapping Up Birding Tourism February

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

We here at 10,000 Birds dedicated the month of February to highlighting a variety of birding tourism companies, destinations, and guides. We did this to help our favorite...
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Best Bird of the Weekend

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Congratulations! Not only have we completed Birding Tourism February , but we've also collectively made it through what is usually one of the least exciting birding months of...
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Pheasant Coucal family

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

It is currently Pheasant Coucal breeding season. Despite the fact that they are part of the cuckoo family they do actually raise their own young. I mentioned last week that we...
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Come Bird Ghana with Malimbe Tours!

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. We want to help the birding tourism...
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Tianmashan, Shanghai in winter

Shanghai is basically a very flat place. The highest elevations here are all buildings, including the second-highest building in the world, the Shanghai Tower at 632 meters. In... Read more ...

In the Heights

Every year, around this time, I feel the need to get an early start and drive a full hour to Cerro de Garnica. That is because this site's height of 3,000 m offers me certain... Read more ...

Keeping the Faith

You may have heard the news that resonated throughout the international birding circuit some months ago - in case you missed it you can read my gloss-over here. Several tour... Read more ...