10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

Owls 217

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 217

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Migrants will be around but their hormone driven urges to get back to the breeding grounds for procreation make them less than reliable on count day. A small sampling of the many young birders who participated in the event. This was why the count organizers stressed the importance of focusing on common birds.

Costa Rica 177

Costa Rica Eagles Birds 177

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Here’s a sample of how that section reads: “Ducks have 14-18 feathers (rectrices). ” It is a relief to eventually reach the chapter on The Life of Waterfowl, written in a much more conversational style and unashamedly fascinated with waterfowl’s unique breeding behaviors.

Ducks 121

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 121

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance.

Feral Cats 213

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In particular, birds that hang around with humans who don’t happen to hunt or eat them can become very tame. But, if you capture wild birds (to make them pets) then breed them through one generation and they get out, they are bad at avoiding predators. Presumably the humans keep away the predators.

Birds 123

Birds Research Humane Pets 123

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

This is evident in the introductory material, which includes sections on The Origin and Evolution of Borneo’s Birds, Conservation in Action, Vegetation and Bird Life in Borneo, Climate, Rainfall and Bird Breeding Seasons, and Bird Migration. I do not have a copy of this book, but I was able to find sample plates on book dealer sites.)

Brunei 177

Brunei Birds Asia China 177