10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Not to give the whole content away, but one of the highlights certainly is the statement that the “proventriculus glands were constituted by many round or elliptical glandular lobules” Apparently , Crested Mynas frequently use snake slough (the skin shed by snakes) as part of their nest-building materials.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2011
The reason behind the striking colour scheme is rather simple: birds have combined two digestive aspects into one channel that mammals have separated into two: excretion and defecation. Whatever content can be used is absorbed from within the digestive tract into the blood in the form of molecules. And this waste needs to go, pronto.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2015
The analysis of Python stomach contents indicates that they eat mammals, as small as mice, and as large as a fully grown deer. Pythons have been observed swallowing birds and mammals, and coiled up resting in trees where wading birds were actively nesting. Rock Python. Photo Credits: Samuel Wright.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2014
Hornbills are fantastic birds that have fascinated me since I was able to leaf through the big and lavishly drawn Birds, their Life, their Ways, Their World , that was one of my favorite non-dinosaur (or so I thought at the time) books of my childhood (the other was the twin set mammals of the world by National Geographic).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
I’ll never forget my introduction to the mammals of Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is the thing—no matter how devoted you are to birds and birding, once you get to Africa, you can’t resist the mammals. This means you need to pack a mammal guide in addition to your bird guide. Believe me, I tried.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
billion mammals annually. Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here. billion birds and 6.9–20.7
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
Excuse the sudden and random departure from the typical self-aggrandizing and narcissistic ornithophilic content. Rats had previously preyed on eggs and young of practically every defenseless seabird on the island, and had taken to even attacking adult albatross as they sat on their nests. That will return next month.
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