The Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and the Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) were considered different forms of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) until 1983 when...
More than a few groups of birds around the world have been given names with wren in it, almost as if the sight of...
“Sandra,” a Kakapo first identified over twenty years ago, was found dead after her transmitter harness tangled in some vegetation. The transmitters are used...
I was just browsing through my iPhoto library and I realised that I have almost no photos of the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor). In...
Limpkins are Apple Snail specialists. That is, they eat snails of the genus Pomacea to the exclusion of all else, provided the snails are...
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...
By the time you read this blog post I will hopefully have checked my first lifer of the day off and be on to...
Do you get out birding much? If you’re checking in here on a Monday morning, chances are you have a bird tale to tell....
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