Tag: bird identification - 10,000 Birds

Lists, Reviews

My 10 favourite bird books and why

November 21, 2024 by Peter 3 Comments

Birding is arguably the most bookish outdoor hobby. We need field guides, ornithological papers and books, checklists, “where to finds” and stories from other...

Birds, I and the Bird

Why I love sparrows

August 31, 2024 by Peter 5 Comments

We have been talking trash a lot lately. There was a post on trash birds and Kai recently really went for the knock-out by...

Reviews

Highly recommended – Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide

May 5, 2022 by Dragan 1 Comment

When you spot a brand new bird identification guide, especially for your home region – in this case, Europe – reaching for it comes...

Reviews

Peterson Guide to Bird Identification—In 12 Steps: A Book Review

April 3, 2018 by Donna No Comments

Two reactions on hearing that Steve Howell and Brian Sullivan have written a guide entitled Peterson Guide to Bird Identification–in 12 Steps: (1) What? Another...

Birding

Fooled Again

January 16, 2018 by Corey 8 Comments

Stick birds. Rock birds. Plastic bag birds. Leaf birds. Stump birds. Branch birds. Snow birds. Lump birds. Pipe birds. Plastic birds. Every birder has...

Reviews

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

November 7, 2017 by Donna 3 Comments

There is no mistaking a Crossley ID Guide. Larger, denser with avian information than your typical field guide, a Crossley Guide bursts with bird...

Birding

An Educational Mixed Flock

August 24, 2015 by Corey No Comments

I was upstate again this past weekend, collecting Desi from his week with his grandparents, and took a couple of hours early Sunday morning to...

Birding

Great Egrets and the reliability of field marks

July 26, 2015 by Jochen 1 Comment

It’s bad. Very bad. Germany is currently experiencing its hottest June and July ever, and temperatures in the last few weeks have rarely been...

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Beat Writer Posting Calendar

Monday
Kai Pflug (weekly)
Birding Lodges of the World
Tuesday
Donna Schulman (monthly)
Susan Wroble (monthly)
Hannah Buschert (monthly)
Fitzroy Rampersand (monthly)
Bird Guides of the World (weekly)
Wednesday
Leslie Kinrys (biweekly)
Faraaz Abdool (biweekly)
Ask a Birder (occasionally)
Thursday
Paul Lewis (weekly)
Birder’s Lists (weekly)
Friday
David Tomlinson (weekly)
Species Spotlight (occasionally)
Saturday:
Luca Feuerriegel (biweekly)
Peter Penning (biweekly)
Sunday:
Clive Finlayson (weekly)
Valters Videnieks (biweekly)

Any-Time Contributors:
Jason Crotty
Mark Gamin
John Hague
Sara Jentsch
Rolf Nessing
Dragan Simic

See here for info on the writers.