10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent focuses on this last question, but you might find yourself fascinated by the first two, which come early in the book but linger on in the imagination as author Danielle J. Do birds use odors and a sense of smell to communicate with each other? But Danielle Whittaker has.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Nesting is now confined to Morocco, irregularly in Boghari in Algeria and in Birecik, Turkey.” (The Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In They are early nesters, but I was unable to tell whether any pairs already had eggs, though I suspected that some might have done.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
For one thing, we become more aware of cultural biases in our science (new findings on warbling female birds, for example, reveal both gender and geographic biases). Many popular science books have neither. As Ackerman explains in her Introduction, studying extreme behavior brings new insight into what we think we know.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley. Rueppell’s Vulture scanning for a carcass at Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. There is a lot of science here to explain. Like birds. No collarbones!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2018
Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Ocellated Turkey – Meleagris ocellata. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Eastern Egg Rock. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. East Turkey Creek at FR42/FR42B. 18 Aug 2017. 18 Feb 2017.
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