10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2019
My pause for thought came when I found a Stygian Owl in a city park in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. Would it be here in a city park?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2012
I ran across a couple of Southern Lapwings in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil recently and watched as they indulged in typical Vanellus behaviour. If only it were so easy for humans to strike such a well balanced policy. A grounded flock of Black Vultures ducked as the lapwings buzzed close overhead trying to drive them off.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2011
European Storks are majestic, they’re graceful and stately and all of the positively connotated adjectives that are applied to birds to which humans have a long and pleasant history rooted deep in our western cultural heritage. In fact, there’s hardly a bird in the world that has such a venerated relationship with us.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2012
Although 99% is privately owned, the Pantanal (swamp in Spanish) was my favorite place in Brazil. Although there are no endemic birds in this area of Brazil, there are soooo many birds (650 residents) and lots of them are restricted range birds. It is an eye opener which every birder must see before it its gone.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2014
On June 12th, FIFA’s Football World Cup will kick off in Brazil, with the home side hosting Croatia for the opening match in Sao Paulo. Anticipation is building as the date approaches and football fans will soon be arriving in the city to pay homage at the birthplace of Brazil’s fabulous version of the beautiful game.
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