10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest. In many ways, that is exactly what happened.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

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. Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

Birds 147

Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

Buffalo 196

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 196