10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When there are cuckoos around – which parasitize Daurian Redstarts – the females have a higher rate of egg rejection. The Yellow-bellied Tit suffers a bit less from such jokes. Better safe than sorry, I guess.

Birds 233

Birds Deer China Owls 233

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

A discarded pigeon’s egg reminded me that spring is just around the corner and that nest boxes should be readied in anticipation. Find a site which offers some protection from the sun during the heat of the day and which allows a direct approach. Could a cat easily reach the box? What’s this? Where did winter go?

Eggs 192

Eggs Suffering Cats Protection 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). Atherton (1797-1827), a naturalist (whatever that means exactly) and a member of the British Army in India.

Squirrels 141

Squirrels Birds China Bears 141

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. The early threats of guano harvesting and egg collecting have been replaced by the more ominous threats of oil pollution and overfishing of their favorite food source – pilchards. Cape Gulls are the single most devastating avian predator of young penguins and eggs.

Penguins 226

Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 226

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population.

Animal Rights 267

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 267