10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
His work is the foundation of the Macaulay Library video collection. Have you ever seen a Greater Prairie Chicken? Destroy the native prairies and lose Henslow’s Sparrows , Bobolinks , Upland Sandpipers , and Greater Prairie Chickens. So how is it that nearly everyone who sees them loves Prairie Chickens?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
A sometimes beekeeper and failed museum proprietor, devoted to collecting and preparing natural history specimens, the Texas State Historical Association recognizes him chiefly for his contributions to conservation. And then there’s Attwater’s Prairie Chicken.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2017
If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace. Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2013
In Trinidad and Tobago, various wrapped “roti” are served, including chicken, conch, beef, and vegetable. Let me tell you, a wrap of curried chicken and potatoes was both delicious and filling. Shrimp and goat are also available. The iguana-infested roti stand. ….
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2013
We’re always interested in what he’s up to and pleased that his research and our collective interest in cool birds can come together in such an opportune manner. This kind of detailed genetic and developmental work has traditionally relied on model species in the lab (aka chickens). Just look at that thing!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
610)) to a little history (“The elegant White-tailed Kite was formerly shot in large numbers by farmers who thought it threatened their chickens, although these birds feed almost entirely on insects and a few rodents” (p. 334) is how Black Skimmer is introduced).
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2020
Their use in ancient China is attested in the Huainanzi , a collection of essays compiled before 139 BCE. Weathervanes are an ancient invention, believed to have been developed independently by both the Chinese and the Greeks around the 2 nd century BCE.
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