10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2024
When she is not writing, you can find Susan trying to transform her yard into a native plant habitat or working at Colorado Children’s Hospital with the family’s therapy dog. The book’s structure is brilliant—Kroodsma divides the book into two sections: a dawn walk in Eastern North America, and a second walk in Western North America.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
Now the only falcon that regularly nests in natural cavities is the smallest and most common falcon in North America, the American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ). The majority of our owls in North America also nest in cavities and I want to wrap this up with a few of my favorites, starting with the Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ).
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10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
We are observing a Dhole , also called Asiatic or Indian Wild Dog. A hundred metres down the track, several more Dholes await us, totalling eleven dogs. During the Pleistocene, Dholes were found across the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America, sharing their space with sabre-toothed cats.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Dog lovers all want the same thing, for their dogs to live longer! In Pukka’s Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs , we get to explore how we can help our canine companions live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Kerasote explains in detail how our own lifestyles intimately affect the longevity of our dogs.”.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2015
I reached the narrow strip of the riparian forest and the vast mudflats, saltflats and the lagoon of the old delta of the Kalamas River (due to the irrigation, the current Kalamas Delta is pushed further north). The first good bird was one Grey Plover (in North America a.k.a. Barn Swallows and Sand Martins (a.k.a.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2016
I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America: Second Edition. I sit at my desk looking at my field guides. I have a lot.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2021
In fact, the best known member of the family, Central America’s aptly-named Resplendent Quetzal , looks less like Michoacán’s trogons than, say, Africa’s Narina Trogon , or the Red-naped Trogon of Indonesia. It has an odd call that sounds vaguely like a barking dog, which I cannot imitate.
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