10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2024

When I last visited the town almost 10 years ago, it had a Wild West feel, and Wikipedia claims that it is “an important location for trade with Myanmar, in both legal and illegal goods and services” but it seemed pretty tame to me this time. Some research topics seem a bit bizarre to me.

Myanmar 186

Myanmar Sri Lanka Nepal Birds 186

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The result is a really good read, a suspenseful true-crime narrative that reads like a novel yet also probes real-life questions focused on the purpose of natural history museum collections and the ethics of closely gated “hobbyist” communities. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached.

Collecting 104

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 104

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently). million hectares in 2007.

Ghana 196

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 196