10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. If you’d like a two page (one sheet, duplex) handout for your class, download THIS PDF FILE. Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea.

Penguins 188

Penguins Seals Peru Science 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

Apparently , they use the presence of their own eggs as a cue for recognizing parasitic eggs – so without the presence of their own eggs as a template they fail to recognize a parasitic egg. Some individuals even rejected their own eggs when they were in the minority. Animal Class. American Civil War?

Eggs 164

Eggs China Birds Mammals 164

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. As a librarian, I can relate to that, even though I managed to obtain a library degree without taking a cataloging class.

Collecting 145

Collecting Illinois United States Science 145

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

There is no other bird even remotely like them but they are classed in the order Gruiformes , along with rails and cranes.* The buffy pink eggs are tended by both parents and when the young birds emerge from the eggs they are almost never left unattended.

Costa Rica 250

Costa Rica Suriname Eggs Hunting 250

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

On the lactovo variety, eating animal products, e.g., milk and eggs, would not be considered morally wrong, although eating certain animals would be; on the vegan variety, eating animal products would be morally forbidden as well. Philosophers make distinctions in order to focus attention on particular classes of things.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Alternatively, imagine I set the dial to produce simple heat, like the kind that comes out of your stove to cook your scrambled eggs. The kind of energy produced by a cell phone signal is way more like the heat that cooks your eggs than like the scary radiation that comes form an H-bomb or X-ray machine or whatever.

Mammals 225

Mammals Birds Fish Cooking 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

This is also a hard question to address because most data on animal size distribution does not compare across classes of animals, and/or focuses on groups that would not be helpful. Comparing mammals, birds, and reptiles, for instance, what is the distribution and range of sizes?

Mammals 172

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

Endangered Species 183

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 183

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. At Sepilok, it can be hard to avoid taking photos of some non-birds, such as primates.

Woodpeckers 198

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. I have to admit that I also tend to feel a bit itchy after a long flight in economy class. Red-billed Firefinch. Her daughter, genetically an indigobird, imprinted on her Melba Finch foster parents and then mated with a male paradise whydah mimicking Melba Finch song.

South Africa 179

South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 179