10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The checklist continues with the 11-pages guide where to watch mammals in Madagascar, consisting of a map and the table of 52 protected areas, their dominant habitat type and the list of mammals for which the parks are known. Finally, it ends with a checklist (above) and the alphabetical index of both English and scientific names.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2017
If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace. Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? 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.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population.
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. Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. territory.
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