10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Gollum (the film version) It can’t have escaped your notice that there is a film from New Zealand out today that people are quite interested in. Kea ( Nestor notabilis ) Kea are a species of alpine parrot endemic to New Zealand. Kea are extremely curious birds, and investigate just about anything with their bills.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
One of the defining characteristics of birds, besides the obvious features of wings and feathers, is their bills. From toucans to curlews and from hummingbirds to flamingos, birds display an almost otherworldly diversity in these body-parts. Bills are instrumental in defining three of the senses in birds – taste, touch and smell.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
The bacteria that laid me low earlier this year is a zoonosis, causing problems for New Zealand’s endemic seals as well as visitors to Borneo. Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. This lake is close to the cave. My photo of the cave was bad, sorry.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2012
The Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large, flightless bird native to the tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and a handful of islands in the Moluccas.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2012
These were the sounds I heard as I walked around a small pond in Amherst, Massachusetts last week, looking for dragonflies, listening for birds. If you’ve been to the Amazonian rainforest on a birding tour, then you have probably seen the brilliant colors of the tiny Poison dart frogs, the deep brilliant reds and blues and yellows.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. This is a very serious business here in New Zealand. New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. ” one.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals. These birds can learn to pull a string to retrieve a short stick, use the stick to pull out a longer one, then use the long stick to draw out a piece of meat. Empathy Among Elephants.
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