10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2015

By the time the cigar smoke cleared and the port had soaked through the tablecloth, the Robin had taken its place as Britain’s National Bird. A popular vote shall be held” announced David, “and whosoever wins the poll shall be acknowledged as Britain’s National Bird”. It started as a discussion over the Stilton and walnuts.

Barn Owls 141

Barn Owls Birds Adoptable Owls 141

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2019

I’m a long-time champion of the IOC World Bird List as a standard for bird names. I pushed for Wikipedia to adopt them, and then to follow the taxonomy, and given the dominance of Wikipedia in Google search results, this is no small thing. There is only one type of bird in the world called a donacobius.

Iran 132

Iran Barn Owls New Zealand Europe 132

Animal Person

APRIL 11, 2009

They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home. She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose.” It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved. But Jasmine had other ideas.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Guinea Pigs Rabbits Badgers 100