Christmas 2010 has passed, and we at 10,000 Birds dearly hope that everyone got all the birds they were looking for! If you did...

Happy Christmas to all the readers and writers on the good ship 10000 Birds. Having survived the Triumvirate’s cat o’ nine tails thrashing during...

There are certain challenges to putting on a Christmas Bird Count in the High Arctic. Most people would think that the big challenge is...

So much of this holiday season, it seems, revolves around giving and getting gifts. My mother doesn’t even have the decency to wait until...

2010 is coming to a close and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the amazing...

After weeks if not months of preparation, Christmas is finally here! Regardless of your faith or culture, you can’t deny that Christmas dominates our...

“The only mammal present is the harmless Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans” Gordon Williams, 1962 “the Pacific rat was the only factor in the extinction...

Ten years down the digiscoping road and pretty much everyone (here) has tried taking a photo through a telescope or binocular.  And I am...