10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2013
In fact, it seems like Violet-green swallows will nest anywhere they can fit in an egg and someone to incubate it. Though they face stiff competition from birds like House Wrens , to say nothing of each other, they are not without resources.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. My assumption is that it is meant to be a resource for beginning birders and families who like to spend time outdoors, and it does have potential as a one-stop reference guide. I didn’t.).
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Critter News
DECEMBER 23, 2008
Or, as resources grow scarcer, one nation's overexploitation of a forest or river could lead to dire consequences for other countries. In response to both kinds of scenarios, some have begun to raise the possibility of an "eco-intervention," analogous to humanitarian interventions.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2013
We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs. A State of WI Department of Natural Resources Warden rescued him and brought him to REGI.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. This means, of course, that the very resources responsible for the warblers’ existence, especially funds for cowbird trapping, will no longer be available. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.
Animal Person
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
There was no meaningful discussion about our inefficient use of resources (grain and water) in the feeding of animals to kill to feed people. And the wife says that one thing the family does is eat less meat and eggs (and they raise the animals on their land), but even that is glossed over. But they dismiss food.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). It’s a lot of work.
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