article thumbnail

A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

10,000 Birds

In Gaines’ first novel Carbon Dreams (2001) the science (there, geology) tended to overwhelm the story, but in Accidentals, she incorporates ornithology and microbiology skillfully into a well-woven whole. Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother.

Uruguay 155
article thumbnail

Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

Critter News

Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. 49,620 with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. 42,000 with National Institutes of Health for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Signed on 2005-08-12. . Signed on 2005-12-22. Completion date: 2006-03-20.

Primates 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

10,000 Birds

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. Last year, the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology had this really cool idea to get as many people counting as many birds as they could, in as many places as possible.

article thumbnail

What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

10,000 Birds

His books since have included regional editions of his guide, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior (2001), Sibley’s Birding Basics (2002), and the Sibley Guide to Trees (2009). His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected.

2020 264
article thumbnail

The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. et al 2001.

Turkey 207
article thumbnail

Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings. There is so much interesting material here. Flickers are indeterminate layers; if one egg is removed from the nest, the female lays another.

Eggs 263
article thumbnail

The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

In 2001, Trevor Worthy described a set of bones from Fiji as a new species of very large, flightless pigeon: the Viti Levu Giant Pigeon ( Natunaornis gigoura ). In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.