10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.

Russia 165

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 165

Critter News

MARCH 7, 2012

The story, by author and animal rights activist Ernest Dempsey calls Stanwood, Washington “Death Row for horses” because of the location not far away of a “major buying station, collection point and feedlot for U.S. horses destined to die and be butchered in one of Canada’s equine slaughterhouses for human consumption abroad.”

Horse Slaughter 100

Horse Slaughter Horses Slaughter Slaughtered 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2022

One of the most interesting aspects of watching birds in Africa is to see different members of bird families that I already know from China. So, if I saw this Brown Scrub-Robin in China, I would probably quite easily mistake it for a Forest Wagtail. Due to a misunderstanding, this species is currently banned in Russia ( Swift Tern ).

South Africa 191

South Africa Africa Saint Lucia Birds 191

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac. Or maybe there was just more need to collect food, but I like the first explanation better. With regard to their music taste, the research results were inconclusive.

Birds 130

Birds China Science Research 130