10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Photograph of a Wild Turkey at Flatrock Brook Nature Center, in Englewood, New Jersey, by Corey. And it isn’t.

Turkey 221

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 221

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. So, for example, humans are apes. Until turkey size or so. And smaller.

Camels 211

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 211

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Dump Marsh.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154