10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Visiting from California, he had visited local gardens and trails with me, spent time by the pool, and took a few mini-canoe trips. And it’s true, I know that the Pied-billed Grebes show up around the same time the Mississippi Kites leave, because I make a note of both and it sticks in my memory. “Why do you always keep a list?”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2021
Here’s a quote about bird lungs from Britannica: “Himalayan geese have been observed not only to fly over human climbers struggling to reach the top of Mount Everest, but to honk as they do so.” For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California. In Mississippi you can own an ocelot, but not a wolverine.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
It's their first annual "humane state" report. Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. California and New Jersey came out on top. Tags: humane society us.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2016
The five subspecies – Greater, Lesser, Mississippi, Florida, Cuban – show the genetic marks of what the species has had to do to survive. When ground sloths and Titanis disappear, adapt; when humans and their strange accessories appear, adapt. million years to the Lower Paleolithic. When glaciers rise and fall, adapt.
Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2011
According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. BEST STATES California (best-yay!) BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2013
For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. Yellow-billed Magpie populations took a big hit when the West Nile Virus reached California’s Central Valley in 2004. Let’s get to it then.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. And, the birds are awesome.
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