Trips

Red-crowned Parrots at Irvine Regional Park, Orange County, California

January 3, 2013 by Corey 24 Comments
Southern California is loaded with parrots. Many escapes and introductions have taken place over the years and some species have found the warm, dry...
Birds

Wicked, tricksy, false!

December 12, 2012 by Duncan 4 Comments
They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false! Gollum (the film version) It can’t have escaped your notice that there is...
News

Parrotlets Name Their Babies

September 25, 2012 by Mike 1 Comment
Parrots in the wild are always awesome, but parrotlets hold a special place in many hearts, including mine. Here’s something else to love about...
Birds

AOU 53rd supplement: Highlights and near misses

July 26, 2012 by David 4 Comments
The American Ornithologists’ Union published the 53rd supplement (PDF) to its North American list last week, making official many long-speculated changes and rejecting others,...
Birds

Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

July 17, 2012 by a Guest 14 Comments
Nick Sly, a friend of 10,000 Birds who writes intermittently at the thoroughly-recommended Biological Ramblings, is an ornithologist who graduated not so long ago from...
News

Death to the Invader!

June 26, 2012 by Corey 1 Comment
A plan to eradicate an introduced species, the Ring-necked Parakeet, from the Seychelles, a small archipelego in the Indian Ocean, to protect the Seychelles Black...
Birds

A mob of cockatoos

June 13, 2012 by Duncan 2 Comments
Being a beat writer is a great privilege but some weeks you simply have no idea what to write about. The real world is hammering away...
News

Bid for the chance to raise Kakapo!

June 6, 2012 by Duncan No Comments
The Department of Conservation in New Zealand is giving you, yes you, the chance to spend two days and one night raising Kakapo chicks!...
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