10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

When going to Australia, one of the two birds I wanted to see most was the Tawny Frogmouth. Birdlife Australia does not try to hide being puzzled over the naming of the Pacific Black Duck : “Despite being predominantly brown, the Pacific Black Duck has always been known as the ‘black duck’.

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Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 242

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There is a lot of extreme behavior here (and a lot of that behavior takes place in Australia), but this is not simply a collection of the world’s most fantastic bird tales. For one thing, we become more aware of cultural biases in our science (new findings on warbling female birds, for example, reveal both gender and geographic biases).

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly. On the positive side, penguins have evidenced survivor instincts for coping.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Western Australia. Western Australia. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Western Australia. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. I’m not ready to expand my gull horizons… Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 4th, 2011 at 8:06 pm We only get Silver Gulls in Broome, so if it is not that then it is a rarity! The proposal from U.S.

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