10,000 Birds - Page 875 - Birds, Birding and Blogging

Recent posts

Birds

Little Blue Herons in Flight

September 16, 2011 by Corey 9 Comments

The Little Blue Heron, like most (all?) herons and egrets, flies with its neck bent and its head drawn in close to the body so...

News

Looking at Loons on the Move

September 15, 2011 by Mike No Comments

Since watching robo-whimbrels took a sudden morbid turn, let’s follow migrating loons! The U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) is tracking the...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of September 2011?

by Mike 4 Comments

All of us who identify ourselves as birders are thrillingly familiar with the sense of discovery, accomplishment, and even adventure that goes hand in...

Birds

Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

by Greg 6 Comments

Penguins. The birds that wear tuxedos and star in major motion pictures. People call them “flightless birds” but they do in fact fly; They...

Trips

Going to Ohio for the Midwest Birding Symposium. Wait, Ohio?

September 14, 2011 by Corey 8 Comments

By the time you read this post I will still be in New York but I’ll be looking forward to leaving for the 2011...

News

What Did That Bird Call Me?

by Corey 1 Comment

Disturbing? Or just neat? However you look at it the fact is that released cage birds in Australia have been rejoining wild flocks of their...

Trips

The Long Reach of the Poor Knights

by Duncan 4 Comments

Long before I moved in New Zealand, or visited or even knew much about the wildlife here, way back then I knew about the...

Conservation

Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

September 13, 2011 by Corey 18 Comments

Scientists at The Center for Conservation Biology have announced that Machi, a Whimbrel that they have tracked via a satellite transmitter for over two...

Load more posts