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Derek Kverno has already created epic blog travelogues of his stints in Ecuador and Tanzania. Now he’s moved to Brazil, which means we get to vicariously explore the avifauna of another bird-rich country. Awesome!

Ever wonder why displaying a disrespectful middle finger is called flipping the bird? Brian Palmer at Slate breaks down birds’ long association with taunting. Anyone who’s recently missed a target bird (perhaps a Black Rail) can relate!

Amazingly, it was a visiting birder from New York who discovered Neotropic Cormorants breeding in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands.  Congratulations to Ardith Bondi for the great find!

A team of researchers has found that the populations of common birds around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has plummeted. Most disturbingly, the populations of species that the area has in common with Chernobyl has fallen more in Fukushima than they did in the site of worst nuclear disaster in world history.

A lawmaker in Wisconsin is proposing a Sandhill Crane hunt. When will the madness end?

Presented without comment. Hat-tip to Shawn.

“Sandra,” a Kakapo first identified over twenty years ago, was found dead after her transmitter harness tangled in some vegetation. The transmitters are used so biologists can track the critically endangered bird.

If you are a careful observer of 10,000 Birds you might notice some numbers on our sidebar.  They represent the number of birds that those of us who keep a year list on the blog have seen so far in 2012.  If you want to keep up with the birding adventures of Duncan, Clare M, [...]

At this moment, 3,000 people like 10,000 Birds on Facebook. Not bad for a birding blog! This seems like an excellent opportunity for us to let you know how grateful we are that you’re sharing this collective journey of discovery and adventure with us. Thank you!

Maybe Kentucky shouldn’t have allowed the Sandhill Crane hunt?  An avian visitor to the state senate let its displeasure be known. Via Lowering the Bar.

Read the heart-warming tale of a young Pied Shag, a caring family, a helicopter ride, and a bird rescue facility.

You may already know about this, but I was not aware that a pure white Blackbird (the thrush, not the icterid) can be found at Rufford Abbey Country Park in Nottinghamshire, UK. In fact, this leucistic lovely (check out the pic) has resided at the park for the last four years. Thanks to reader Sher Buckner [...]

The plane (and all on board) survived but the albatross was not so lucky. See the whole story here.

The Birdist asked and answered the question, “Which Bird Has The Weirdest Range?”  The answer might surprise you.

Are you as excited as I am?  My Sibley Guide to Birds is pretty darn destroyed from hard use and I can’t wait to see what he has cooked up for the next edition. Do you have the same problem? Well, you can keep up with what David Sibley is up to on his new [...]

We know how much everyone here loves James Currie’s blogging, not to mention a little something called Nikon’s Birding Adventures TV. So don’t you think his new program Aerial Assassins featuring Harris’s Hawks is going to be awesome? Show your support for awesome nature programming by watching tonight January 20 on National Geographic WILD. (As a bonus, [...]

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The Sandhill Crane hunt in Kentucky is over for the season and only fifty birds were killed. While fifty dead birds is still fifty too many, it is better than the 400 that could have been killed under the rules of the hunting season.  The Courier-Journal, Kentucky’s largest newspaper, excoriated the Kentucky Department of Fish and [...]

Redgannet’s found a whole flock of White Wagtails outside of Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 and he is concerned that perhaps someone has misplaced their local birds.  If your local wagtails have turned up missing, please let him know.

Bill Thompson III, also known as Bill of the Birds, will be leaving 10,000 Birds because he just can’t keep up with the vigor of bird blogging at the fast paced, deadline-driven environment of 10,000 Birds. Or maybe it had something to do with rasing a family, having a day job, and trying to get some books [...]