10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” At the same time, they are popular as pets, as they may be the best talkers of the Australian cockatoos. .”

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Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

It has been more than 5 years since I last went to Australia, and I was even less of a qualified bird photographer then than I am now. All photos were taken in Australia in December 2016 – locations included Brisbane and surroundings, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Melbourne, and the coast near Melbourne.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 181

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

According to a bird guide published in 1911, “Competent authorities have proposed to divide the world, biologically, into two parts – Australia and the rest of the world, and they have considered Australia the more interesting part.” ” (quoted from Tim Low’s book “The Origin of Song”).

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Birds Australia Parrots Memphis 147

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 22, 2011

But Cooper the Photographer Cat helps breach the gap between human and pet artistic perspectives as he strolls his neighborhood taking photos that even humans can appreciate. Cooper also has pounced onto various television programs including, Animal Planet’s MustLoveCats, The Today Show in Australia, and the Q13 news.

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Cats Chicago Seattle Litter 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2012

We have had a pair move due to human traffic increasing through the dune system and others have had to adapt to the changing landscape. Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia and they do take a lot of the eggs. These are not pet cats, but cats that have only ever lived in the wild and can survive in extreme conditions.

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Eggs Turtles Feral Cats Investigation 175

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. By contrast, Australia, often considered to be the land of parrots, has approximately 54 species.

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Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Preface,p.xxiv.

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Species Australia Birds Parrots 174