10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2020
As we humans are animals, like birds are, it often seems to make more sense to me to assume that their and our drivers are similar, not different. Of course, we humans tend to give slightly elevated terms to our motives – but that does not generally mean that they are really different from those of other animals. Birds, maybe?
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2019
Just imagine a family excursion to Yellowstone to photograph grazing herds of elephants – equally wrong. And the only birds known to actually attack humans, not just try to scare them with screeching and low flights, but to establish a full contact in protection of their offspring, were owls. Something was very wrong.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2022
A Barn Owl slept peacefully on the inside of the roof of a well-visited tourist cafe. It warned me not to order the latte though – overpriced and not very good, according to the owl. If you want to get some irrelevant information on hornbills, please read my previous post on them. The bird … … and the dung provider.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. .’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. Where do these abilities come from? Jarvis et al.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2011
However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. Duncan Wright would really like to see anything in Brazil but he would especially like to see a Kinglet Calyptura. I thought that was clever. Wicked, right?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. Make up your mind, Ringer!
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