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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity by Douglas J. Here are good, complex questions about why this diversity exists, how it came about, and what is its function when it comes to species and overall avian survival.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Mark]: This luscious book, Penguins: The Ultimate Guide , by De Roy, Jones, and Cornthwaite, is the second edition of a book first published in 2015. Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species).
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect. © 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!) of Chicago Press, 2014).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
After securing our passage, I patiently waited for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to a place we have never been and lacked any knowledge of, we were in for a complete surprise. These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Journeys With Penguins: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin is a different type of penguin book. Kooyman (co-author with Jim Mastro) spent decades studying Emperor Penguins and can be considered the world’s foremost expert on the species. Author Gerald L.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2018
It’s not often that we have the opportunity to glimpse the home life of albatrosses, nor of any seabird species. Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? What about incubation shifts?
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