I’m not really actually positive whether or not I just like the sight of the male Mandarin Duck. On the one hand, it clearly is a wonderfully dressed hen in…
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Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Trivia: What’s PILT? – 10,000 Birds
Nationwide Wildlife Refuges defend crucial habitat and supply among the finest birding places in america. Though birders and different customers of NWRs create native jobs, federal lands might be expensive…
a color plate from 1962
Within the days when color printing was extraordinarily costly, the Avicultural Society had particular appeals for funds to help the looks in Avicultural Journal of the occasional color plate. A…
Little Egret with irregular plumage close to Broome – 10,000 Birds
We’ve continued to observe the birds alongside the sting and on the Nice Northern Freeway to the south of Broome throughout Roebuck Plains. The depth of water over the freeway…
Dewlap Shows Supersede Headbobs, But Once more – Anole Annals
The dewlap might be essentially the most noticeable factor about anoles. For me, one of the best ways to identify an anole is by the flash of colour from the…
A Checklist of Publications from earlier than and through his life in Hong Kong on reptiles, amphibians, mammals, fleas and fowl strikes
I’ve written a number of instances (right here and right here) on JOHN DUDLEY ROMER (1920-1982) the doyen of herpetology in Hong Kong. Romer’s full-time job was head of pest…
A Baja Endemic, the Grey Thrasher – 10,000 Birds
With its brilliant yellow eyes, and daring arrow formed breast markings, the Grey Thrasher, Toxostomsa cincerum is one among my favourite images targets. This comparatively giant chicken, 10-11 inches, makes…
Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan once more (however possibly for the final time) – 10,000 Birds
The final time I birded Longcanggou, a nationwide forest park in China’s Sichuan province, was in November 2021. Now, 14 months later, the place has modified – sadly, for the…
A Little bit of Birding on Lake Chapala – 10,000 Birds
I lately acquired a form letter from a ten,000 Birds good friend, who was apprehensive that my current irregularity in contributing to this web site may point out that one…
Some prefer it sizzling | ConservationBytes.com
Wildfires remodel forests into mosaics of vegetation. What, the place, and which vegetation thrive is determined by when and the way severely a fireplace impacts completely different areas of a…