10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. After a positive ID, it flies to the protruded roots of a large tree, showing itself well in the soft sunlight.

India 147

India Lions Boars Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. There is barely enough light for a photo. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea.

Lions 236

Lions India Mammals Boars 236

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers.

Turkey 210

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 210

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But the method she advocates for reaching those goals—raising grass-eating, pasture-foraging farm animals—would appear to be notoriously difficult to reproduce on a scale large enough to harvest enough meat, at a reasonable cost, for all the people wanting to eat meat in this country, let alone the world. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

I have written about the interesting sex life of these jacanas a few times already (short version: female mates with male, lays a bunch of eggs for him to incubate and raise the chicks, leaves him, finds another male, repeat). Once I am moderately successful, I often find such photos quite pleasing. but they do.

Birds 147

Birds China Eggs Breeding 147