Critter News
DECEMBER 20, 2008
Some conservationists worry that the tigers living at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand are drugged, but the monks deny it. Tourists visiting the Tiger Temple pay big money: anything from $15 just for entry, up to $50 for the very special photograph of a tiger with its head in your lap. Tags: tigers thailand.
Critter News
JULY 2, 2009
Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. The zoo made major changes to its emergency-response procedures, including raising the wall of the tiger grotto, found to be about 4 feet shorter than what national standards recommend. It's a long list.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Most gallingly of all, I had actually stood next to someone that saw one, jumping into a tree to escape a Tiger of all things, and failed to see it. The other three were the aforementioned Tiger, one of the wildlife sightings of my life, a handful of Bobcats I have seen in California and a small Jungle Cat.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2021
139 California Gull – Larus californicus. 266 Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. 311 California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 527 California Quail – Callipepla californica. 539 California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica. 545 California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2022
Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
In Hawaii I stood on a beach as albatrosses fledged and Tiger Sharks prowled for the less successful ones. In California I smelt the breath a Blue Whale as it passed feet beneath my boat. In Uganda I would often cross paths with Chimpanzees as they went about their lives and I went about mine (which was living with a troop of monkeys).
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