10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There is a lot of extreme behavior here (and a lot of that behavior takes place in Australia), but this is not simply a collection of the world’s most fantastic bird tales. For one thing, we become more aware of cultural biases in our science (new findings on warbling female birds, for example, reveal both gender and geographic biases).

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 237

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. As Cocker writes in the Introduction , “It is only when whole societies collectively believe in the goal that it is attainable.”

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 224

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It is a very nice bit of science. This study collected data on mean wing length and tail feather length as well as measurements of the head. For the seabirds of this area of Japan, this could be a Tern for the worse. A recent study, Chernobyl Birds Have Smaller Brains , looks at this in birds at Chernobyl. Bonisoli-Alquati, A.,

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Mammals Birds Fish Cooking 244