10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Going back to that assumption that birds don’t have a sense of smell, it can be traced to John James Audubon (of course), who performed several experiments with Turkey Vultures and concluded that the vultures used sight, not scent, to find food. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2024
For my next visit in the following summer, we decided to organize a company birding trip to La Estanzuela – another treasure spot in the Cumbres. Amazingly, everyone showed up at dawn except for one person, who’d had a near-death experience with me on Colombia’s Sumapaz paramo, an acceptable excuse for a no-show. It was amazing.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 10, 2020
Every other year or so, we experience the lightest of frosts, nothing killing, and our warmest temperatures (in the 80s and 90s) occur in late spring. And it bears for more than half the year! But I don’t have space for any more trees in my garden, so my personal experience with these is nil. And nothing more.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 30, 2015
If I want my children to be birders, or at least to appreciate birding, I need them to have good experiences doing it with me. Now it’s run partly by the state in the form of a State Park, and partly bt a non-profit organization that maintains the attractions side.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2011
With a name like Santiago, I wouldn’t be surprised if his mom lives in Mexico…Sorry, but the TSA is one of my least favorite government organizations. The TSA is my least favorite government organization, but what is that crack about the mother of the accused all about? I’ve had stuff stolen before. I was taken aback.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2016
This effort took a significant step forward at the CCAMLR meeting last month [October 2015] in Australia when China endorsed the Ross Sea MPA proposal … But we need all 25 CCAMLR Members on board, as the organization makes decisions by consensus. Now you know.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2020
The introductory material is organized and written clearly, giving both background on the bird families and an explanation of how species-level is organized in the next two sections. Also of use, as Gregory points out in the Introduction, is his experience with painting birds of iridescence, having painted a whole book on sunbirds!
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