10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2016

For example, in rats (as in “lab rat”) if the mother of a nominally (genetically) male offspring does not repeatedly lick the anogenital region of the pup, the usual cascade of hormones and hormone induced changes, involving androgens, will not occur in that individual and the final outcome will not be a rat that will mount and mate with a female.

Rats 108

Rats Sparrows Birds North Carolina 108

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Just for one day, not to be pooped or puked on and to not find rat guts hanging off my clothes,” wrote Susan in Michigan. “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Just Desserts. “I’d

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Here are three excellent but very different children’s books I enjoyed this year (two were published in 2013, one in 2011). Other Europeans came.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 241