10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Are these the paper mills one occasionally reads about in relation to Chinese research papers?

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Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 218

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Today, we know a little more, such as the fact that an eagle couple produces one egg every two years, but numbers remain low, too low. And, he tells us about the time he was attacked by a parent Philippine Eagle as he handled an egg at the nest, hundreds of feet above the ground. This film could not be made without them.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. To assess their populations, draw their blood, test them for lead, and discover what kind of impact feeding on gut piles might have on these iconic raptors, particularly the young ones, as hunting season begins in Montana. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird.

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Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 179

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Yet he spends time describing the miserable deaths of day-old male chicks and understands what happens in dairy production, and I assume he doesn't partake of anyone's eggs or milk. And what follows, as you might imagine, is his support of "ethical meat" (for those who insist on eating animals). But why does he say "vegetarian?"

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100