article thumbnail

Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

The crowd of macaws is soon joined by parrots arriving as if on cue and bearing their colorfully named body parts: Yellow-crowned , Blue-headed , White-bellied , Orange-cheeked , and Mealy – followed by two species of parakeets – Dusky-headed and White-eyed. Thanks for visiting! Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin!

Peru 254
article thumbnail

Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges.

2011 205
article thumbnail

Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

10,000 Birds

We jumped into our rented SUV Jeep Compass for a trip of 6 days. Hallé, ‘Atlas Poetic Botanic’, edition MIT Press, 2018). A that point in time, I could not imagine the adventure that I was going to experience and how birds would have rescued me. On February 3, our plane landed in Nanning.

Birds 189