10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
According to reports in the media , a recording from 1987 recently rediscovered by researchers has captured a Musk Duck ( Biziura lobata ) in Australia repeatedly uttering the phrase “You bloody fool” as part of its courtship display, apparently having picked up this impolite exclamation by mimicking overheard human speech.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. l-r) Brushland Tinamou ( Nothoprocta cinerascens ), Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), Greater Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ), Mandarin Duck ( Aix galericulata ). Have you noticed ducks and quail replacing loons and grebes at the beginning of newer bird field guides and checklists?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Without large crowds to feed this year, many households are shopping for the littlest turkeys they can find – a rare commodity, as it turns out, given the unprecedented demand for small gobblers this year – and failing that, opting for another fowl entirely.
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