10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2013

Our guide through the woods and towns of Indiana is one Nathan Lochmueller, who looks back to tell the tale of a coming of age that involves a lot of crawling through the woods on breeding-bird surveys, a lot of beer, and a few scrapes with implacable forces like the law, armed KKK members, and snapping turtles.

Turtles 168

Turtles Indiana New York Ethics 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Like this: Apparently it is ethically questionable to create a genetically modified chicken and then hatch it, so approval for that research wasn’t even sought at this stage. The chickens were done in before hatching. The chickens were done in before hatching. Here’s the thing. Expression of facial patterning genes across amniotes.

Alligators 215

Alligators Chickens Research Birds 215

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway.

Serbia 202

Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 202