10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
”, which by some remarkable coincidence is also the title of a paper on “Physical-Attractiveness Evaluations and Dating Preferences as a Function of One’s Own Attractiveness” (among humans, not Grey-capped Greenfinches). Wait, the study was not done with people but with Eurasian Siskins.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Being a bit older myself now, I have to point out that young human males usually do not look that good, at least to me. Cattle Egrets have perfected that smudgy look. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. The Blue-and-white Flycatcher is one of the few birds in which the young male looks both distinctive and rather nice.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. When Cattle Egrets go to the local discotheque, they tend to overdo their makeup a bit.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2021
Of course, Tiaozini also has Cattle Egret … … and the usually somewhat depressed looking Black-crowned Night Heron. And of course, there are Chinese Blackbirds breeding – ignored by the local government as they are unlikely to attract birders. I guess looking elegant during sex is difficult for most humans, too.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Cutler Wetlands.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2016
Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Unicolored Blackbird – Agelasticus cyanopus. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 13 May 2016.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Chinese Blackbird – Turdus mandarinus. Cutler Wetlands.
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