10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. If you are afraid of spiders, you might want to get a pet Streaked Spiderhunter.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Snowy Owls are used in falconry, more so in Europe but they are legal for a few states here in the US. Here are some myths: Falconry birds are essentially pets. They know how to trap raptors and if something is interesting nearby, they will try to band it for research. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry. Not always.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 246

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. and Europe. “Humans are unique. Evolving Gifts.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. But they don’t live in North America.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130