10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

South Africa is their steward and have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act in 2003, which restricts activities on the islands to research and conservation management. It is still volcanically active with researchers periodically discovering new flows.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2018

Well, yes, but I also remember my beginning birding class, and my teacher, the fabled Starr Saphir, instructing us to examine the structure and shape of the bird and its bill. Don’t we all think about “the big three”–location, habitat, season–when we identify a bird? Isn’t this common sense? 16, below).”

Birds 160

Birds North America 2012 America 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” I should know, as a librarian I was taught to worship classification systems like LCC, the Library of Congress Classification system which divides knowledge into 21 basic classes, and subject heading authority lists.

Costa Rica 233

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 233

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. When Albatross alight in temporal alignment anything else is swamped out. But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison.

Mammals 182

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 182