10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2019
The seafaring Portuguese were also depicted with their falcons abroad as they began building an overseas empire in the 15th century, even in lands as distant as Japan (a nation with its own ancient falconry traditions). The estate is also a stud farm for puro sangue Lusitano horses, considered one of the world’s oldest breeds.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Given that many Chinese do not hold Japan in very high regard, it makes sense that the Chinese name of the Japanese Thrush is Wuhuidong, “Black Grey Thrush” Though this does not quite seem to capture the beauty of this species, making it sound rather bland. Somehow, for this bird it is ok. They also look fairly cute.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. coromandus.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Not many survive, and very few flourish. The answer lies in the nests.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 8, 2011
Soon people from South Africa to Japan heard about what was happening, and wrote to share their stories, their challenges, and their curiosity about what Henry was learning. He was named the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Cat of the Year for 2010, and he has authored two critically acclaimed books.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2022
The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. Its success rate when attacking prey was 27% (157 of 581 attacks on prey successful in Honshu, Japan; HBW), and thus slightly higher than the success rate of my jokes in this blog. Still as impressed as before?
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