10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We were in the remote Amazonian forests and not a sound was to be heard except for the rhythmical dripping of water from the raised paddles. Only in the late 1980’s was it “rediscovered” so to say, with the male being found at Imuya Cocha and described to science for the first time. Do you hear that song?” At first nothing.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

One Oriental Pratincole of them was courageously raising its wings when I unknowingly drove towards its eggs – I reversed, but I am not so sure about the next person using that road … Being yelled at by the chick of an Oriental Pratincole.

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Birds Uganda Breeding Rats 257

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2012

Songbird rehabilitation, unlike the vastly more popular raptor rehab, mostly involves raising orphans. You can lay a rat in front of a recuperating owl and walk away until the next day. There’s a lot of science in the book, but there’s also magic. Birds continue to present themselves to me, usually in need.

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Raised Boston Rats Experience 245

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Something needed to be done.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 156

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic. So much for this post’s pseudo-philosophical thought.

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