10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Japanese T**s have their own claim to fame – they are the first wild animal species with experimental evidence for compositional syntax. In an old man, such hairs coming out of the ears or nose would be considered extremely ugly. Somehow, for this bird it is ok. They also look fairly cute. The Northern Lapwing is Near Threatened.

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Birds Humane Japan Ducks 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The book is chiefly about how people have conceptualized and studied birds, but there is an underlying theme, the changing ways in which our Western culture has viewed animals, nature and God. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science. It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

The Latin species name of the Common Greenshank , nebularia , sounds a bit like a science fiction novel to me – however, it means “misty” and apparently is derived from the birds’ misty, marshy habitat (HBW). Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai. A relative of this species is the Yellow-bellied Tit.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130