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10,000 Birds

http://www.10000birds.com

Follow the Core Team's adventures in birding.

• Added on: Jun 9th, 2005
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Listed in: Green
• Tags: conservation birds birding Asides birding excursions i and the bird

Recent Posts

• Interview: Tim Cleeves on the Slender-billed Curlew

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 07:00 in conservation, rspb, critically endangered, slender-billed curlew

  As we discussed in yesterday’s post (The Search for the Slender-billed Curlew) the Slender-billed Curlew Numenuis tenuirostris is one of 192 bird species designated as Critically Endangered - meaning that it is considered to be facing an extrem...

• Butterflies and Moths of Jamaica

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 00:03 in jamaica, features, bugs, west indies, butterflies, moths

  I’ve raved about the birds (and beaches) of Jamaica, even highlighting the island’s lovely lizards, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how much I liked its leps. Jamaica offers predictably potent butterfly watching. For exa...

• And then there were 24!

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 14:41 in Asides, critically endangered

  More truly excellent news from the researchers working on saving the Madagascar Pochard - this time on the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Pochard Team blog. The first line of the WWTPT’s post runs: “A short text from Owen this evening says i...

• Pigeons the Target but Grackles Killed

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 09:09 in Asides

  Why does it seem that one is always reading about Avitrol killing birds other than those intended?  The latest incident, in Fort Lee, New Jersey, resulted in the deaths of 30 Common Grackles.  Of course, charges won’t be filed for violating t...

• Search for the Slender-billed Curlew (Part One)

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 07:47 in conservation, rspb, critically endangered

  Back in August I was lucky enough to get an invite to the British Birdwatching Fair courtesy of BirdLife International’s Jim Lawrence. While I was there I stopped by a stand manned by Tim Cleeves which was highlighting a major ongoing search f...

• Birding Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 10:26 in jamaica, trips, features, west indies, blue mountains

  Most visitors seem to be drawn to Jamaica for its admittedly world-class beaches and with good reason; having enjoyed that warm, clear Caribbean from a gorgeous, white sand beach myself, I wish I had spent more time at the seaside. Yet, when I look b...

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Vernon

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