Ducks Experience Humane Science 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. Next time, I’ll know why. It’s not always easy reading.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos. I was in primary school then, probably early grades, but I knew that whatever I do, I cannot afford to turn my back to them.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2021
A juvenile night heron experimented with getting across fences (note: neither fence nor heron were hurt during the experiment). A few Mandarin Ducks stayed far away from my camera, understandable given their serious case of molting. I guess looking elegant during sex is difficult for most humans, too. Not this one.
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. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. Have you noticed ducks and quail replacing loons and grebes at the beginning of newer bird field guides and checklists? American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Darwin Day is February 12th, and for an early celebration I thought I’d take a look at a book that rethinks the way Darwin, and we, think about evolution—a very specific part of evolution, the way beautiful features and behavior have developed amongst birds and, by extension, amongst humans.
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