10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. Beagle , pt.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 234

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research. Fossils of a giant extinct penguin, Inkayacu paracasensis were found a while back in Peru. The fossils were very well preserved and included feathers.

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Penguins Seals Peru Science 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Get yours today! These Blasts From The Past Mockers Everywhere!

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 138

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison. The data here are from the site of Manaus: All animals: 200 Mammals: 8.4

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Take a look at this little Blue Tit and admit that you have never seen a more pathetic picture of a bird that combines the colours blue, yellow, green, white, and black in the most marvellous way you have ever seen: Recent research has shown that Leonardo da Vinci showed a Blue Tit to his model while he painted the smile on “Mona Lisa&#.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

As I watched, it slowly moved into a patch of dried vegetation and I noticed that it was settling over a single egg. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate. Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) It was standing perfectly still beside the sandy track when I first saw it. How do we know this?

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