10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2022
If you are a bit deranged and like to read about animal diseases (you know who you are), I recommend checking out the paper “Poxvirus infection in a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike “ “The nest is remarkably small for the size of the bird. .'” The species gets a consolation prize for being genuinely black-faced though.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2015
We know that animals can essentially lose their predator avoidance behaviors. You will see often repeated that the Galapagos are unique in the lack of fear of humans exhibited by the animal inhabitants. First, Darwin wrote quite a bit about lack of fear in various animals, but he did so initially in the context of the Falklands.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Below is a selection of the endemic birds and mammals that can be encountered during a birding trip to Ethiopia, all photographs by Adam Riley during a January-February 2012 Rockjumper Birding Tours trip to Ethiopia. Despite sporting the largest canines in proportion to body size of any mammal, they actually feed mostly on grass blades.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2021
The Kea – New Zealand’s enigmatic alpine parrot. Anyone interested in birds, bird conservation and, in particular, the strategy of feral animal control will find it fascinating. There is beautiful footage, too, of their parrots – Kaka , Kakarikis and the alpine specialist, the Kea. Kiwis are featured of course.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out. The site serves as a breeding centre for endangered birds and animals, and you can walk around large aviaries and even a night house to see captive kiwi. And to the south are The Catlins, mentioned above.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2011
Because its extremely difficult to conclusively demonstrate what any nonhuman animal is thinking or feeling, this lack (failure?) of understanding on our part has morphed into an assumption that animals are simply little robots, acting purely on instinct and nothing else. Science, for many years, has done no better.
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