This week brings the quandary of whether suspect provenance should disqualify a bird from my life-list. The bird in question is possibly the best...
Richard Koeppel, holder of one of the world’s most extensive life lists and protagonist of To See Every Bird on Earth (my review here),...
There are few more vexing questions in birding than the question of whether or not a bird counts. Counts for what, exactly? That’s a...
I’ve been birding for nearly 2/3 of my life and, until this past weekend, I’d never even sniffed a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. For a long...
I have long wanted to see a Burrowing Owl. They are owls, which automatically gives them a certain cachet, and they are little, which...
Bohemian Waxwing. Just the name makes me feel all… Jack Kerouacky. It’s a life bird that would make me get “On the Road.” Bohemian...
Summer really is quiet. I loved Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds, the biography of Phoebe Snetsinger written by...
While we love blathering on about life list around here, one that I wrote about last week was all about someone else’s life birds...
Load more posts
Women Birders Conference ’25
Alpinebirding China Tours
Birding Tours With Faraaz
Bird Guides by Country
Recent Posts
My 10 favourite bird books and whyBy Peter- Birding the Slopes of Turrialba VolcanoBy Faraaz Abdool
- Wiggle like a WoodcockBy Sara Isabelle Jentsch
- Bird Guides of the World: Jeremy Yip, ChinaBy Editor
- Meeting of the Waters in Manaus, BrazilBy Hannah
- Birding Cat Tien NP, Vietnam (Part 2)By Kai Pflug
- Where north meets south – wintering gulls off Atlantic IberiaBy Clive Finlayson
Welcome to 10,000 Birds!
Learn about our site and writers, advertise, subscribe, or contact us. New writers welcome – details here!
Beat Writer Posting Calendar
Monday
Kai Pflug (weekly)
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)
Thursday
Paul Lewis (weekly)
Birder’s Lists (weekly)
Friday
David Tomlinson (weekly)
Saturday:
Luca Feuerriegel (biweekly)
Peter Penning (biweekly)
Sunday:
Clive Finlayson (weekly)
Any-Time Contributors:
Jason Crotty
Mark Gamin
Sara Jentsch
Dragan Simic
See here for info on the writers.
Newsletter
Signup and receive notice of new posts!
Thank you!
You have successfully joined our subscriber list.
