10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2013

In celebration of the upcoming I and the Bird look at the heron family I invite you to consider the White-faced Heron ! White-faced Herons are attractive medium sized herons, originally from Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Caledonia. They are generally solitary and pretty easy to see in the countryside.

New Zealand 149

New Zealand Indonesia Cattle Guinea 149

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled in the bird world. Adding to their mystique is the remoteness of their home, the undeveloped and rarely visited islands of New Guinea and eastern Indonesia.

Indonesia 199

Indonesia Birds Australia Guinea 199

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Most importantly the Upper Guinea forests, one of Africa’s two major rainforest regions (the other being the far more extensive Lower Guinea forests of the Congo basin and surrounding areas). However they will not and cannot breed, and once these individual’s natural lifespans are over, these bird populations will be lost forever.

Ghana 199

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It’s actually a member of the family Artamidae, which includes the woodswallows (not actually swallows), the butcherbirds (not actually shrikes) and the peltops (which actually are peltops, since there are no others). Bicycle helmets often sprout antennae during the breeding season, or poles mounted on the back of the bike.

New Zealand 156

New Zealand Birds Australia Kangaroos 156

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig. Guinea pigs also do not bite, unlike hamsters and gerbils which can tend to be nippy. Pick a pet that fits your family’s lifestyle – Look at the purpose the pet will serve in your family.

Compassion 100

Compassion Guinea Pigs Purebred Animal 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Each male builds numerous nests, most of which are rejected by the female, who will eventually select a nest she is happy with, allow the proud architect who usually hangs under his masterpiece to mate with her and then begins the breeding process. Red-headed Malimbe is the most widespread species in the genus.

Tanzania 232

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed.

2011 155

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

This is a migrant from New Guinea, which breeds mostly on small offshore islands and flies each day to the mainland to feed. Another common member of the family is the diminutive Peaceful Dove. In the early morning they were everywhere in Cairns, but they were less noticeable as the day wore on and they dispersed around.

Alligators 169

Alligators Guinea 2012 Australia 169

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts.

Indonesia 134

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 134