10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) Female Incubating Eggs in a Nest Box “Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.”

North America 216

North America America Barn Owls Falcons 216

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations. It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJma0Szy8R8

San Diego 165

San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Like a bad boyfriend not changing into nicer clothes for an evening out, the Brown-cheeked Fulvetta gets chided on eBird for not making any efforts: “an unapologetically drab and unmarked fulvetta” The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater apparently digs nest-burrows in which to lay its eggs. “It is not deep enough yet!

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? The answer, throughout the entire 300 pages, essentially is: Because they do.

Vegan 100

Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability. Ostriches originated in Asia.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. Amplexus can last from a few seconds to a few hours to a few months.

Reptiles 185

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As we know from the French documentary La Marche de l’Empereur ( March of the Penguins) , the females skedaddle from the breeding colony once she produces an egg, leaving the egg to be incubated by the males, who fast for 120 days while keeping the egg in a flap of their feet. (I

Penguins 157

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. Formerly known as Jackass Penguins , a reference to their strange braying calls, African Penguins have become the unofficial mascots of marine conservation in the region. Cape Gulls are the single most devastating avian predator of young penguins and eggs.

Penguins 216

Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 216

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Written by Mark Avery, Conservation Director for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) for nearly 13 years, this book explores the reasons for the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon from the point of view of the outsider. How many eggs did a pigeon lay? Or the absence of legal protection. Or spend enough money.

2014 160

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. “Feathery forearms would have allowed these emu-sized dinosaurs to shade their eggs from the head of the midday sun 80 million years ago” (right, Dinoguy2/Wikimedia). Like birds. The book begins with the discovery of Archaeopteryx in Germany in 1861.

Mongolia 183

Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 183

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Plus there is my librarian-ish reluctance to use anything on the web for reference unless I know the author or the author’s credentials. The where and how of egg laying and larva emergence is briefly treated, with page references to larval drawings at the back of the book.

Ireland 173

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). Atherton (1797-1827), a naturalist (whatever that means exactly) and a member of the British Army in India.

Squirrels 138

Squirrels Birds China Bears 138

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. YOC was the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ Young Ornithologists’ Club.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

There’s even been speculation that all of the first seven gifts are meant to be birds, with the “five gold rings” really referring to “five goldspinks,” an archaic term for the goldfinch. Dragan). ==.

Birds 243

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Ashy Tailorbird is a good example of the different perspectives of describing a bird – while the English name focuses on the body of the bird, the Latin species name ruficeps refers to the rufous head. Viewer discretion is advised, particularly if you look at the paper in the company of Ashy Tailorbird chicks.

Woodpeckers 210

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

And, proceeds from sales of Duck Stamps have secured and protected over 6 million acres of wetland and grassland habitat.** (Though, Duck Stamp sales are decreasing, a major cause for concern.) Several of the page references are incorrect. the plate on Rust-stained Birds does not give the answer page (487). Barker and Carrol L.

Ducks 119

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 119

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. If you want to argue the financial side of conservation, I refer you to my December 2014 post titled “ The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It.”

Hunting 111

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 111