10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

By braving double-digit-below-zero conditions, however, researchers learned that Blakiston’s Fish Owl favors salmon, and that it prefers nesting cavities in big, old-growth trees; when these trees die and fall into streams, they create waterflow patterns that are beneficial to the salmon. visit the website devoted to it.

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Russia Owls Fish United States 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

Our small group spent a weekend at the Ferret Research Camp, a cluster of trailers tucked in the middle of a black-tailed prairie dog town and the site, as the name implies, of a black-footed ferret reintroduction program. Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means.

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Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, we now know that human ancestors became upright first, and were bipedal for millions of years before they started to use tools extensively, and then another million years went by before their brains started to evolve a significantly larger size. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research.

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Penguins Seals Peru Science 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

We see a Puerto Rican Parrot flying over the heads of two humans (the authors, it turns out), their yellow and white shirts shining like beacons in a landscape of forest and olive and emerald greens and cobalt blues. In addition, a separate 11-page Teacher’s Guide can be downloaded from the publishers website. The birds thrive.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 226

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. Is a free digital download possible?) copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 262