10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2022
Watcha looking at, human?” Her history of their contributions to civilization include no less of a champion than Charles Darwin, who studied pigeons in pursuit of figuring out evolution, developing a great fondness for them in the process.). “Pigeons have lost their usefulness. .’
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
This was always a process of solitary exploration; only later did other birders ask me to take them to see the unusual species I had found. And here we are, in 2020, being told to shun human contact as much as possible. Wander into a bit of abandoned second-growth forest. Organized outings are out of the question.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story. Just eat the food.
Animal Person
APRIL 7, 2009
" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. If you want to address the problem, you do something about the people abandoning and neglecting horses.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. There is a nice description of the process until the release of the bird into the wild here, with photos.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2012
You’re a mammal, so you might be tempted to use yourself as an example mammal, but humans are actually kind of bad examples of mammals, so perhaps we’ll use a well studied hoofed animal instead. It has been shown that courtship is negatively correlated with abandonment. Think about the difference between birds and mammals.
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