10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

Flight has evolved multiple times; it has emerged in lizards, snakes, fish, bats, maybe bats again, distant relatives of primates, regular primates, rodents, and a few other unlikely taxa, in a rather half baked fashion, not “true” flight.

Rodents 198

Rodents Primates Bats Science 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

But that is because we often have the relationship between dinosaurs and birds reversed in our little primate minds; Much of what is bird-like is not exclusive to birds, but rather, to a larger group of dinosaurs. Among mammals, bipedalism is found in several rodents, a number of marsupials, and one primate.

Birds 271

Birds Primates Marsupials Whales 271

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.

Ethiopia 251

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 251

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Fish are mostly silent on the matter. So, probably, there were things we would have to call birds that were less like modern birds in how they flew than are modern bats.

Groups 171

Groups Collecting Primates Bats 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Kibale Forest NP–Primate Lodge. Bat Hawk – Macheiramphus alcinus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). 28 Nov 2019.

2019 145

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 145