10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2024
Still a notable sighting, however, as this Orange-backed Troupial was a brand new bird for me. Typically, there would be at least one male already at the lek, even as human observers would be getting in position. But there were no parakeets, only a healthy helping of Sun. And waited. No birds yet.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2020
This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. But there’s at least one night on the Scottish calendar when the grouse enjoys a reprieve, at least from human appetites.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
As of this time, all Trader Joe's brand eggs come only from cage-free hens. Any conventional eggs sold in our stores are in a brand name carton, not under the Trader Joe's label. Here's what they say about Trader Joe's eggs (definitely does not sound humane to me.) But are they really free-range eggs?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2024
One of these pages is dedicated to the harm and benefit the species has for humans, while a full page is dedicated to instructions on how to hunt the bird: The translation of the first sentence indicates the general tone: “They are not very shy, and easy to shoot.” This individual first did not fully comply.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 1, 2013
Like cats, the rat was introduced over much of the world by humans. As for the former, diseases are spread by fleas, which also plague rats, which makes rats as much a victim as humans, and as for the latter, rats are clearly wildlife and how can wildlife be blamed for hurting wildlife? Please consider donating your time and money.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2020
Even through they subsist on insects during much of the year, European Robins are year-round residents of Britain, and during the colder, gray months of year, their colorful bearing and often audacious presence around humans was not lost on early observers. The European Robin as depicted by Dutch artist Johannes Gerardus Keulemans.
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