A few days ago, a Rufous Hummingbird was banded at a feeder of a birder near Asbury Park, NJ. Rufous/Allen’s-type hummingbirds have become an...

On behalf of everyone here at 10,000 Birds, Wild Turkeys everywhere, and every diet-book author ever, have a Happy Thanksgiving! (Even if you aren’t...

As this is my first opportunity to write for 10,000 Birds I thought I might introduce you to my “beat”, and perhaps some of...

Peter Giambro, 70, who stood up to his condo association and refused to let them put the dangerous and potentially lethal drug, Avitrol, out...

Lema Ranch is one of Northern California’s birding hotspots. It is located in Shasta County, in the northern most part of the Sacramento Valley,...

It sometimes feels like conservation news is nothing but doom and gloom, so sit back and enjoy a recent success story from New Zealand....

There are moments in a person’s life that one immediately knows one will remember forever.  Every tiny little moment seems crystal clear when it...

When I think of the birds of the Alps, the first names that come to mind are Alpine Chough, Bearded Vulture, Snowfinch, Alpine Accentor...