10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

According to Tim Low (in “Where Song began”), “so easy were they to breed that by 1859 they cost less to buy in London than in Sydney.” ” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

Birds 147

Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. And this is (a bad photo of) an African Sacred Ibis mummy in the British Museum in London (found in Egypt). T his is an African Sacred Ibis at Ndumo.

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Loons hardly ever fly when they are on their breeding grounds or their winter-water, but the migration is for many loons a non-trivial distance. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046 (1), 282-293 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.026 And then there is the loon. The same may well be true of navigation. 2 PIERSMA, T., PÉREZ-TRIS, J.,

Research 191

Research Humane Compassion New York 191