10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I wish I had read this book. The book was originally published in 2006 as Galápagos: A Natural History with John Kricher as the sole author. Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit.

2006 258

2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 258

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The checklist continues with the 11-pages guide where to watch mammals in Madagascar, consisting of a map and the table of 52 protected areas, their dominant habitat type and the list of mammals for which the parks are known. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

Madagascar 250

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it. Who can resist penguins and whales?

Georgia 174

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds , by Lawrence Niles, Joanna Burger, and Amanda Dey, is a book with a mission. The numbers, as detailed in this book, are alarming: the horseshoe crab harvest grew from less than 100,000 in 1992 to over 2.5 million in the late 1990’s.

Delaware 182

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How did you come up with the idea for the book? The book is darkly funny. photo by John Huba.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 264

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Sperm Whales prey on Toothfish and large squid and in February 2007, a 10-metre (32.8 Back to the Future – the Case for Protection.

Russia 178

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks.

2011 217

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 217