10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2021

His professed goal is to use the template of a photography book to communicate his own love and understanding of the natural world and to inspire others likewise. A bird that sees a human walk into a bird blind, he says, may become wary and stay away. Sorrell, he makes clear, wants to do more than to simply pass on tips on photography.

New Zealand 260

New Zealand Humane Australia Birds 260

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

The modal bird song is a song, but not all ‘songs’ are song-like, in the sense that we expect song to come out of the ‘mouth’ (bill) and to consist of modulated air currents (like human voice). Drawing of bower birds from Darwin’s 1871 volume on sexual selection.

Zebras 259

Zebras Birds Humane Raised 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

If being hunted by evil humans was not enough, Ashy-throated Parrotbills are also hosts of the parasitic Common Cuckoo. Apparently , they use the presence of their own eggs as a cue for recognizing parasitic eggs – so without the presence of their own eggs as a template they fail to recognize a parasitic egg.

Eggs 172

Eggs China Birds Mammals 172