10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

How, to humans, is “behavior” separate from the bird itself? Among their other uses, wings are also employed for balance during copulation, a not unimportant or inconsequential usage, as the male Bald Eagle ably demonstrates in the photo, above right. September 1, 2020. What do we mean, anyway, by bird “behavior”?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. Baby birds may be separated from the nest and their parents because of natural occurrences (violent weather, floods) or unknowing human interference or predators.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

Kroodsma waited for years for the right opportunity to record its different songs, a “cascade of sweet and liquid notes,” one naturalist said, “like the spray of a waterfall and sunshine.”. To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? 27, March 10, 2020. Like he does, say, for the Canyon wren. By Donald Kroodsma.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit. He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. They complement Kricher’s text.,

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

But the cost of changing the installed hardware base and the human capital invested in QWERTY effectively precludes those alternatives. But in 2020, perhaps the app example is more relevant than the book or museum examples. Perhaps the value of stability in 2020 is less than it was in 1983. But maybe not.

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