10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2021

If you know what one sparrow looks like you know generally what all sparrows look like. Scrambled eggs, drug fumitory, clasping venus’s looking glass, false garlic (than what is it exactly?), Carolina bristlemallow (not from the carolinas), native hawksbeard (actually native to Asia). Not so for wildflowers.

Birds 159

Birds Asia Sparrows Florida 159

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A thousand of our soldiers would be enough to subdue all Asia from Lake Baykal to the Himalayas … Here the exploits of Cortez can still be repeated.” After such a mysterious bird, it is time to enjoy the simple pleasure of seeing ordinary birds such as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Good to still have aspirations, I guess. .

China 181

China Mongolia Birds Russia 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Of course, it is hard to resist looking at a paper titled “Host personality predicts cuckoo egg rejection in Daurian redstarts” Basically, the personality of a female redstart (bold or shy) predicts the responses to parasitic eggs – bold hosts are more likely to reject parasitic eggs.

Birds 208

Birds China Eggs Owls 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. They are very common in Central Asia, which is very roughly comparable to the prairies.

Montana 138

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 138

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Speaking of pregnant snakes, do sea snakes lay their eggs ashore like sea turtles or do they keep them internally until the young are ready to hatch/ be born, like some sharks? These do lay eggs on land and are (reasonably) mobile once they hit the beach. It seems like there is great diversity in this continent.

Australia 153

Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 153