10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2020
A busy, snowy, chilly weekend kept me and birds equally unable or unwilling to meet, so instead I’ll take this opportunity to show respect to American Crows ; these birds gather in massive winter flocks around here, which makes them the true spirit animal of this frigid season.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. I wish I had read this book. He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. They complement Kricher’s text.,
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10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2020
It is written in English, mostly, or a form of English anyway, and on first encounter the book and its language is weird, intriguing, puzzling, and beautiful in a way outside the normal realm of experience. 27, March 10, 2020. Drawing of the avian syrinx by Amanda Morgan Riley. __. By Donald Kroodsma. Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
What extraordinary birds penguins are: physically, they remind us of ourselves, so we think we understand their behaviors, but, as the authors say, “their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal.” Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. She writes, “Broadly, I am interested in the evolutionary mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation and population divergence in animals, primarily birds.”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal). Netherlands: Oliver Plantema, 2020.
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