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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review

10,000 Birds

isn’t “behavior” synonymous with “life” itself; isn’t the title of David Allen Sibley’s 2001 tome (also encyclopedic, also delightful), The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior, redundant? Other than purely physical things (e.g., feathers, nictating membranes, muscular cloacae, etc.), Maybe, maybe not. One or the other.

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller is one of these books. Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record. by Errol Fuller.

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Birdwatching the Okavango Delta

10,000 Birds

In 2001 I was offered the chance to joint-lead safaris with my good friend Brian Gibson, owner of Capture Africa Safaris , a long established and well-respected Botswana based safari company. Add the chance of the African animals you’d expect, Elephant , Lion , Leopard and a host of antelope, who’s mouth would not water at the prospect?

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We remember.

4 The Love Of Animals

A gorgeous tribute to the search and rescue dogs, people, and victims of the attacks on 9/11/2001. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 11, 2010. We remember.

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Help the Almagordo Chimpanzees

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Since 2001, chimpanzees have been housed at APF, where they cannot be used for research. Tags: chimpanzees animal research primates National Institutes of Health new mexico. Here's an action alert from Physicians for Social Responsibility.

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Smoking is (good) for the birds

10,000 Birds

I remember taking an advanced seminar in plant-animal interaction, in preparation for my own study of human-plant interactions. The first thing I learned was that most animal-plant interaction did not involve mammals, or even birds. Plants have evolved to avoid being eaten by a variety of animals. Insects ruled.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. Animal welfare activists protested the transfer. The chimps have been free from testing at the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base since 2001. Good way to end 2010. Here's the story as reported in NewsWest.