10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This fairly good sized piece of property is a mix of petting zoo, education center and rehabilitation center for birds and animals. It has been located in a group of large old growth trees, several man made water features, and a great selection of flowering plants. Here is one of those Ani’s sunning it’s self. eBird submissions – 320?

Bahamas 113

Bahamas Tucson El Paso Texas 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Yes, field guides to other groups of organisms, as there’s hardly any room left in your baggage or the energy to carry it. No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone!

Madagascar 248

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 248

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Strictly speaking, Mammals of South Asia is not a field guide, because some larger groups (rodents, bats) cannot be identified down to a species level following the concise descriptions and a single illustration. Still, there should be no problem with larger species that allow for longer observation time (e.g.

Asia 178

Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people). Hamar mother and child.

Ethiopia 245

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Not from an environmental perspective but from a “don’t you like animals?”

Animal Rights 265

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 265

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. almost everything about flamingos and grebes).

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

He had the habit of asking very similar question about the animals featured in his zoology lectures, including basic questions like how big they are, what limits physiology puts on their geographic range, etc. For instance, among animals, booby and noddy combined probably represents the majority of the biomass of the somewhat unusual St.

Mammals 177

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2014

’s list because those birds have closer living relatives than some other birds do, despite their membership in the oldest extant group. It’s a bat-like cave-dwelling, echolocating, fruit-eating nocturnal species capable of hovering on three-foot wings. ’s list.

Madagascar 277

Madagascar Comoros South America Ecuador 277

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

When you read trip reports of birders going to remote and interesting locations to see interesting (and not so interesting birds, I’m looking at you LBJs), these accounts are typically written by people who have either gone with groups of like-minded people or those that have gone it alone. Think of the Jungle Ride at Disney.

Birds 186

Birds Bats Elephants Family 186