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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2020
I’m guessing that most people these days communicate on social media through one or more chats. I myself am on several. But only birders know that you can communicate on a chat about… Chats.
January, 2020
Good news! Federal Court Rules Trump Border Wall ILLEGAL
Indigenize
JANUARY 5, 2020
Here’s a report from the ACLU, an organization I’m proud to support. A federal court has ruled Trump’s abuse of executive power to bully his xenophobic wall into existence is illegal.
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There is more to creating a woodland than just planting trees
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 19, 2020
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Many people, and, apparently, even most governments, seem to think that all that is needed to create a woodland is to stick some trees in the ground and the rest will do itself. Alas, that is a fallacy.
Is There a Bobcat in Your Backyard?
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 15, 2020
Bobcats are moving into our neighborhoods. Here’s why. Wildlife Mammal Watching Urban Conservation
Almond Milk And The Destruction of Bees
Green Prophet
JANUARY 14, 2020
Bees are dying in huge numbers to supply your supermarket with almond milk. Last winter (2018-2019) saw a catastrophic 50 billion bees die off for a variety of reasons familiar to the eco-conscious public, including mites and loss of habitat.
2020 – A Year to Begin Anew
The Green Samaritan
JANUARY 19, 2020
Not to fret if you feel you have already abandoned your New Year’s resolutions. Every day give us the opportunity to begin again. All the best in the year ahead! See the full post and more at www.TheGreenSamaritan.com. Green Living
How to find the Ural Owl in Serbia
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 16, 2020
The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely seen to the south, only here and there, in the Carpathians (Slovakia/Ukraine/Romania/eastern Serbia) and Dinaric Alps (Croatia/Bosnia/western Serbia).
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Everyone talks about climate, too few about pollution and general environmental destruction
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 4, 2020
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) All we are hearing is CO2 and other greenhouse gases, and occasionally the issue with plastic, especially the kind that is plastic bottles of all sorts.
Novels for Nature Lovers
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 6, 2020
Fiction lovers take heart, you can have your great novel and nature too. Here are eight of our favorite picks. From the Field Our Nature Reads Outdoor Rec Top 10
Arab loan offers $105 million USD to fund renewables globally
Green Prophet
JANUARY 13, 2020
Cuba will receive an Arab fund loan to develop solar power. The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development ( likened to USAID and the UK and German’s foreign aid ) announced last week that it will provide renewable energy loans to 8 projects around the world.
Male Vermilion Flycatchers Are Amazing
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2020
Sure, I had heard the hype. Vermilion Flycatchers are amazing! Vermilion Flycatchers are gorgeous! Vermilion Flycatchers make Scarlet Tanagers look like doodoo! But, sadly, I had never seen a Vermilion Flycatcher.
Oban Distillery: 14-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2020
Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskeys all month long.
Highlights from Birding Costa Rica, 2019
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2020
I write this on the final day of the year, the last bit of 2019. The point of orbit for which the Earth starts and completes its merry-go-round the Sun is subjective but according to eBird, now is the time.
Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of January 2020?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2020
Is there nothing more inviting than a fresh canvas, an unbroken expanse fraught with possibilities just waiting to be filled? That is the state of our 2020 year lists and general birding experience.
Birds of Japan by Otani Chikara
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2020
It’s the festive season and I am holding the new Lynx Edicions’s Birds of Japan, thinking what a perfect gift to any international birder this book represents.
Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of January 2020?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2020
As a month, January is like March for birding, coming in like a lion as everyone tears into a fresh, new year list, but going out like a lamb as we gradually recognize how little bird movement really takes place this time of year.
Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of January 2020)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2020
Now that we’re a little further into this new year, we might have a sense of how birdy this season will be.
Where’s BBOTY?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2020
Deary me. What with all the excitement, The Management forgot to call up the beats for their Best Bird of The Year ! It usually starts around mid-November with a thinly veiled threat, building to outright menace by the second week of December if drafts have not been submitted.
Aging a thrush.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2020
There is a Rufous-bellied Thrush in a city park in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Actually, there are loads of them, but one is a slightly different version from the type-specific and I have become very fond of it. It stands out from the rest of its flock by virtue of having pure white plumage.
Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey (12-Year)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2020
Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskeys all month long.
Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J.
Best Birds of my First Year with 10,000 Birds
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2020
When it comes to one’s most exciting bird sightings, of course, it all comes down to context. I wouldn’t change my central Mexican endemics for any other region’s birds. But… Been there, done most of those.
Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2020
It’s January and another year list begins. This is what many of us birders do, we start another list. And this doesn’t mean you are obsessed or a little bit too much into birds because keeping track of a year list actually comes with some side benefits.
The Famous Grouse: Smoky Black Blended Scotch Whisky
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2020
Whisky Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskies all month long.
A few interesting birds seen at Nanhui, Shanghai in 2019
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2020
When I was much younger, as a student, I sometimes made mixtapes of favorite music. This was in the time before streaming, even before CDs … when cassettes for a while competed with LPs for market share (ask your grandfather about it).
Fish Creek to Buffalo
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2020
Over recent weeks I have been able to share some of my observations along the Great Southern Rail Trail in Victoria, Australia. I have introduced you to the sections from Foster to Fish Creek and also Foster to Toora. This week I will introduce you to the section from Fish Creek to Buffalo.
Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2020
Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskeys all month long.
Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2020)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2020
One down, just fifty-one more to go… did you make that first weekend of the year count? One of the things Corey most enjoys about a new year is the way it resets your year list, giving you an excuse to pay a little more attention to the common species as you check them off your year list.
Racking up the numbers
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2020
Shallow person that I am, I do care about that Top 100 button on the eBird menu. I am also very susceptible to that once-a-year thrill of a House Sparrow or a Eurasian Collared Dove actually meaning something.
Buntings of Nanhui, Shanghai
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2020
I feel that like most bird families (with the obvious exception of pheasants), buntings are somewhat underrated. They lack both the flashiness larger birds and the “I am more of an expert birder than you” appeal of warblers. In other words, they are my kind of birds.
Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of January 2020?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2020
Thank the gods it’s Friday! For many, the end of the week heralds a cessation of paid labor, which often occasions equally strenuous but infinitely more enjoyable efforts.
Foster to Toora
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2020
Last week I introduced you to a section of the Great Southern Rail Trail in Victoria from Foster to Fish Creek. This week I will introduce you to another section from Foster to Toora. This section of the trail is very flat and only just over ten kilometres long.
My Best Bird of the Year 2020… so far
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2020
Last week, I wrote about my best birds of last year. Fortunately, by the time I wrote that post, I had already seen what is sure to be one of my best birds for this year. The Sparkling-tailed Woodstar is a hummingbird as beautiful as its name suggests.
But…It’s a Canada Goose?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2020
Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba.
Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of January 2020)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2020
Mid-January may not count as midwinter in the Northern Hemisphere, but the Arctic effect has definitely settled in!
Latham’s Snipe
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2020
It has been strange being away from our home in Broome, Western Australia, at this time of year. There are so many differences in both the weather and the birds. We usually start our bird list for the year from home, but this year it was different.
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