10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch. It was after that date that many of the great and strange animals of that island went extinct, presumably because of human hunting. Science did not let us solidify that claim.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Described in the “Territoriality and aggression” chapter, this is a sublime example of behaviour from the “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman, an Emeritus Chair in Behavioural and Environmental Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. The book is about zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to people.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2014
The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008. Unsustainable hunting leads to extinction. she’s Texan.
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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