10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

Note the short legs, stout body and white rump and tail I see Muntjac on virtually every birding (or dog-walking) outing, as these small Asian deer are now very numerous around my home in the Suffolk Brecks. I’ve yet to see one in the UK, but I had a memorable encounter with one while birding from a small boat on a river in Lithuania.

Fur 246

Fur Deer Boars Estonia 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

Birds evacuate waste in many ways. Birds will barf them back up out of their mouths. Many are familiar with dissecting owl pellets, but several birds will caste a pellet including hawks, eagles, gulls, herons and heck, I once witnessed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher hack up a small one. But the jawbone…that was from a bat!

Bats 258

Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 258

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. Empathy Among Elephants. Jethro and the Bunny. Jethro the dog.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2015

Last Saturday Grant had to go to Geelong for the day and so I took the chance to go birding for the day while he was hard at work. The other noisy birds first thing were the Masked Lapwings stood on the edge of the bay and they called raucously as you walked by. Bird collector bollard. Diving platform-bird roost!

Rabbits 157

Rabbits Bats Pelicans 2003 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. It is pf particular benefit as it targets mammals more effectively than birds, and New Zealand is the world’s largest user of the poison, accounting for 80% of the world’s market.

Animal Rights 270

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 270