The 10,000 Birds Conservation Club (Part One)

Sometimes the stars and the planets align and everything seems possible. Ideas flow and optimism reigns supreme. The winning roll-over... 

The 10,000 Birds Conservation Club (Part One)

Birding Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

Most visitors seem to be drawn to Jamaica for its admittedly world-class beaches and with good reason; having enjoyed that warm, clear Caribbean... 

Birding Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

Jamaican Croaking Lizard

Visiting Jamaica is truly a sensory experience. Not only does one see astounding beauty and feel that warm Caribbean sun, but one also hears every night... 

Jamaican Croaking Lizard

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The 10,000 Birds Conservation Club (Part One)

By Charlie November 22, 2009 4 comments

Sometimes the stars and the planets align and everything seems possible. Ideas flow and optimism reigns supreme. The winning roll-over lotto ticket is winking at you as you enter the store, and everything you touch turns to gold…

At other times though an idea pokes its head above the ground and finds conditions less than favourable. [...]

Birding Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

By Mike November 21, 2009 5 comments

Most visitors seem to be drawn to Jamaica for its admittedly world-class beaches and with good reason; having enjoyed that warm, clear Caribbean from a gorgeous, white sand beach myself, I wish I had spent more time at the seaside. Yet, when I look back on my all-too-brief visit to Jamaica, my thoughts first turn [...]

Saving the Floreana Mockingbird

By Mike November 21, 2009 1 comment

Since mockingbirds are such a perennial favorite here at 10,000 Birds, I would be remiss if I didn’t draw attention to Gunnar Engblom’s comprehensive look at efforts to restore the critically endangered Floreana Mockingbird. Seems like quite a challenge.

Poverty, Corruption, and a Migratory Flyway…

By Corey November 20, 2009 No comments yet

…combine to create a disaster for birds in China’s Guangdong province.  An estimated 10,000 birds are being slaughtered every day in the province, despite laws meant to prevent such behavior.  Though there are campaigns to stop the killing it seems that corruption makes enforcement difficult, with “local rich business people and even government officials” patronizing [...]

Baz Hughes, Slimbridge, and the Great Crane Project

By Charlie November 20, 2009 7 comments

I spent the afternoon of Wednesday 25th at Slimbridge, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust’s (WWT) HQ, in the company of Dr Baz Hughes, WWT’s energetic and enthusiastic Head of Species Conservation. I’ve known Baz on and off for a number of years, though I hasten to add he moves in far more rarefied circles than [...]

An Owl and Some Mice in Brooklyn

By Corey November 20, 2009 No comments yet

The Queens County Bird Club field trip this past Sunday to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn was relatively well-attended, with eleven people present, and loaded with some of the more common species that one would expect in November.  Great Blue Heron, Green-winged Teal, Cedar Waxwing, Dark-eyed Junco, Common Loon, American Kestrel, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, [...]

Do You Know a Male Birder?

By Corey November 19, 2009 6 comments

Well buy this for them.  Right now.  That is all.

Another brick in the “Well - DUH!” wall

By Charlie November 19, 2009 No comments yet

The widespread use of genetically modified crops engineered to tolerate herbicides has led to “a sharp increase in the use of agricultural chemicals in the U.S”. This practice is creating herbicide-resistant “super weeds” and an increase in chemical residues in U.S. food, and the resulting war between farmers and increasingly tough-to-kill weeds is “bad news [...]

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