10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2024

It seems the paper is on the effect of swan feeding and swan movement on the release of nutrients, but given the language, I cannot be too sure about this. So, if you plan to erect a wind turbine in your garden and also keep swans, make sure the turbine is very high.

China 224

China Iceland Whales Whaling 224

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2024

” Common Tailorbirds can be very productive, with up to four broods per year ( source ). 2024 also finally sees the long-awaited release of a paper on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Slaty-backed Forktail. This photo explains the scientific species name haemacephalus (bloodheaded).

Myanmar 130

Myanmar Sri Lanka Nepal Birds 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2019

A while back, I wrote about an under-appreciated part of the National Wildlife Refuge System : Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). Google recently released a trial version of Google Earth Studio , which allows a user to easily create bird’s eye animations using Google Earth.

Nebraska 146

Nebraska Dissection Geese Ducks 146

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2019

A while back, I wrote about an under-appreciated part of the National Wildlife Refuge System : Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). Google recently released a trial version of Google Earth Studio , which allows a user to easily create bird’s eye animations using Google Earth.

Nebraska 113

Nebraska Dissection Geese Ducks 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The Audubon Society just released Audubon’s Birds and Climate Change Report: 314 Species on the Brink. The web coverage at Audubon.org is an interactive product that may be too fancy for its own good but if you like this sort of thing you can learn quite a bit. Each offers a distinct way to engage with the science.

Science 162

Science Birds 2000 North America 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

One of the other papers released last week identified chickens — of 21 species studied — as having the most similar genome “to the common avian ancestor, probably a bipedal feathered dinosaur” ( Romanov et al. Follow him on Twitter — he’s regularly tweeting great highlights from the research project.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The same thing happened with conservation banks and Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs).

Puerto Rico 178

Puerto Rico California Condor Virgin Islands Laws 178