10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals. At the time (1968) sightings of lynx in the Doñana were extremely rare as the animals were so shy: I was extremely fortunate to have this encounter. (I

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Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 191

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2014

Back in the halcyon days, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth (at least in my mind) and a nickel was still a lot of money, my favourite ride was the river safari one, where you could pretend to be an explorer in a river boat going past animatronic safari animals. A side tributary. The birding was pretty ace too. Trips apes Birding Borneo'

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Rhinoceros Apes Elephants Monkeys 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

One might think that thanks to the Internet, all those ridiculous old wild animal myths handed down for generations would finally die a deserved death. Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Songbirds eat bugs, and raptors eat whole birds/animals. Thanks to the Internet not only don’t they die, they’re joined by more.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It seems his family of 5, had rented a condo that sleeps 8, at Atlantis Resort, on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. While this trip was primarily scheduled as a family rest/rest/vacation outing, with 13 days left in my Little Big Year, that plan is mostly out of the question. If we could get there, all other expenses were covered.

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Bahamas Tucson El Paso Texas 113

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 28, 2009

But there were many things that I didn’t realize she needed right off the bat. But how do you puppy-proof your home for your new family member? There are lots of dangers for a baby animal who experiences the world through its mouth, just as much as its eyes and ears.

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Dogs Puppies Bats Cats 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

We toured the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre after dark, and we did it by foot in a group that was just my family and a guide. Best of all the lodge also set out a large white board with lights on, which attracted lots of insects and in turn bats. Decidedly so, you might say. Sepilok was the first, and to my mind probably the best.

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Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154