![]() ![]() His first recording was of a Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee hybrid on 15 April 1978 in Vernon County, Missouri. Robbins watched Ted recording and knew right then that he needed to do the same. In the mid 1970s, Robbins started hanging around with several budding ornithologists including the late Ted Parker. Since he started recording in earnest, in 1983, he has contributed more than 100 recordings every year save for 3 years that alone is an accomplishment that deserves recognition. He has authored more than 75 scientific publications, recorded 2,500 species, and described six new bird species. Remsen, and Robert Ridgely, Robbins has made significant contributions to our understanding of Neotropical birds. Together with contemporaries such as Ted Parker, Bret Whitney, Tom Schulenberg, J. Robbins now has 11,055 recordings and counting in the library-that’s nearly 3% of all of the recordings in the Macaulay Library. Mark Robbins, the Collection Manager at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, has been recording bird sounds for 40 years, mounting an unparalleled collection of sounds all of which have been archived in the Macaulay Library. ![]()
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