Remove Branding Remove Humane Remove Rights Remove Wildlife
article thumbnail

Birding Shanghai in December 2023

10,000 Birds

Then again, why would anyone name a bird after a botanist, let alone one I only just made up right now? In the right light, the male Common Pheasant can look ridiculously attractive. I should also point out that contrary to popular belief, the Common Starling is not named after Edward Common (1858-1892), the English botanist.

Birds 199
article thumbnail

How To Raise A Baby Bird – Professional Advice With Photos

10,000 Birds

On the left are healthy young wild birds, on the right are birds raised by well-meaning but unlicensed people who took their information from the internet. Feeding the wrong diet will result in feathers like the ones on the right. On the right are the feathers of an orphaned grackle fed, said the finder, a diet found on the internet.

Raised 189
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How To Raise A Baby Bird

10,000 Birds

On the left are healthy young wild birds, on the right are birds raised by well-meaning but unlicensed people who took their information from the internet. Feeding the wrong diet will result in feathers like the ones on the right. On the right are the feathers of an orphaned grackle fed, said the finder, a diet found on the internet.

Raised 189
article thumbnail

10,000 Birds Launches Alley Rat Allies

10,000 Birds

Like cats, the rat was introduced over much of the world by humans. Like cats, the rat has been the victim of campaigns to make it the bad guy in terms of disease and damage wildlife. Trap-neuter-release is the only humane way to do this but it is expensive and will take a huge corps of volunteers to make it effective on a large scale.

Rats 232
article thumbnail

Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. Thanks to a little human intervention, the future looks much brighter for Millerbirds. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S.

Cambodia 144
article thumbnail

Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

10,000 Birds

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. Wicked, right?

2011 154
article thumbnail

The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”.

Trinidad 201