10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And of course, some Chinese researchers worked on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Greater Coucal. The Blue-throated Bee-eater is much smaller than its relative, and easier to see as it likes to hunt from open wires rather than inside the forest. I think they just got what they deserved.

Woodpeckers 218

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

I speak of flight, of course. Flight has evolved multiple times; it has emerged in lizards, snakes, fish, bats, maybe bats again, distant relatives of primates, regular primates, rodents, and a few other unlikely taxa, in a rather half baked fashion, not “true” flight. This is a key feature of birds.

Rodents 191

Rodents Primates Bats Science 191

Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

It caught just one fin whale compared with a target of 50 in the hunt that began in November. And then comes a brief conversation about Singer and how we wouldn't use young humans, which Jentsch says is precisely why we should use primates. Of course, Mantle says, "but though they are high-level mammals, they're not humans."

Animal Liberation Front 100

Animal Liberation Front UCLA Animal Liberation Primates 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Early morning is of course birding prime time and a pre-breakfast stroll around our lodge produced sightings of the lovely Orange-bellied Parrot , which we tracked down to a nesting hole right next to the restaurant. As the sky turned rosy with dawn, we stopped for some excellent additions to our burgeoning bird list.

Ethiopia 247

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 247