10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

With this quote I have the pleasure of introducing my home province (state) for this month’s 10,000 Bird’s Africa Beat. mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. At 36,433 sq.

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Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 182

Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. The hysteria of the crowd surely played a part in escalating an already frightening situation. Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars?

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Gorillas Zoos Non Human 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). Owls are in danger from the usual threats–habitat destruction, climate change, human intrusion.

Owls 199

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 199

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world.

Pandas 100

Pandas Leopards Gorillas Zoos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE will feature a team of free-divers and conservationists putting their safety on the line to separate myth from reality and dispel negative myths about sharks while raising public awareness about shark species which are being driven to extinction. each year than are killed by sharks all around the globe.

Sharks 100

Sharks Experience Experiments South Africa 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

The reality is that it’s if pretty difficult to see most penguin species, excepting the wonderfully accessible African Penguins at Boulders Beach outside Cape Town, South Africa and the Galapagos Penguins, ironically one of the rarest and most commonly seen species. Raised in the Galapagos, she’s been exposed to penguins her whole life.

Penguins 191

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Raise global awareness of Peru’s potential as a top-notch birding destination whilst highlighting the need to conserve bird habitat across the country. The six international teams were as follows: The Zululanders – South Africa. The E-Birders – Cornell, USA. The Ararajubas – Brazil.

Peru 217

Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

White-faced Ibis Killed by One-eyed Peregrine – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird. The Sacred Ibis in Africa – Susan W, The Nature of Framingham. Anyone with a passing interest in Egyptian mythology has seen the man with the ibis head, the god Thoth. White-faced Ibis , Plegadis chihi. Roseate Spoonbill , Platalea ajaja.

Birds 203

Birds North America Charlotte New Jersey 203

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Then, as often happens, a PhD student (one of mine) by the name of Rusty Low came along and proved that the Holocene was full of all sorts of rapid climate change thus killing my beautiful hypothesis with a bunch of ugly facts. Well, imagine raising the sea level 20 meters (and yes, that is more than a little bit possible).

Penguins 192

Penguins Birds Cooking Fish 192

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Seriema at the deepest branch of Australaves could be considered to belong to a raptorial taxon because they kill vertebrate prey and are the sole living relatives of the extinct giant “terror birds,” apex predators during the Paleogene. Tyrannosaurus rex didn’t exist yet. Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279