10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Another strange aspect – already mentioned further up – is that these owls almost seem to be able to change their shape – from a round egg shape to a very prolonged branch-like shape. Camouflage at its best. Of course, the ear tufts are not really ears. But they look cool.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
I used to play Subbuteo as a kid … a kind of tip-kick football game that was named after this species (apparently, the inventors first wanted to name the game “Hobby” but that was rejected as too generic, or so the story goes). The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2023
When one Chinese researcher was very bored, he had a bright idea: Why not publish a paper on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Rhinoceros Hornbill ? It holds the large food item at the tip of its bill and throws its head back quickly, swallowing it whole. The Wreathed Hornbill is also listed as Vulnerable.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 23, 2012
When the male Cassowary inserts what looks like a penis into the female, the semen ejaculates from the cloaca from the base, not the tip. Like any healthy bird, she wants to make sure that she gets the best of the best when that appendage fertilizes her eggs. But the bird that takes genitalia to a whole knew level is the duck.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Though in terms of aesthetics, their nests are not much to look at – a paper (in Thai, but with an English summary) describes the nest as “a bulky, untidy ball hanging from the tip of a branch of stick with an average height of 1.39
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2014
migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. For example, in the Delaware Bay, warming coastal waters can cause horseshoe crabs to lay their eggs earlier than normal; conversely, more intense and frequent coastal storms can cause late spawning.
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