10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

T he Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tengchong, China) is a tiny bit bigger and looks much soberer. A point in case: the Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Tengchong, China). So, more than my usual maximum of five photos per species for the Eurasian Wryneck (Nanhui, Shanghai, China).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

So, I welcomed the opportunity to read and review Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds , by John Pickrell, published in the United States by Columbia University Press. And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No,

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Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 193

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

So, why not mourn the Dodo and its inability to withstand sailors’ appetites (though many accounts say it really didn’t taste that good and research indicates the percentage of Dodos hunted and killed was relatively small), non-native predators, and the capricious ecosystem of its own island?

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

An individually marked Great Knot was seen in Roebuck Bay and then observed on the mudflats at Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve, China, 137 hours later! For a researcher to get from Broome to Beijing it would take over 30 hours, as you would be required to fly south first! It was observed sleeping after the 6400kms trip.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2008

Recently published research suggests that the situation is even more dire than previously predicted. As the World's leading contributor of greenhouse gases, the United States should be taking the lead in the charge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Most scientists agree that a 3.6°F As such, it is incumbent upon the U.S.

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