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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2011
He goes on to describe how early classifications of the nine-primaried oscines relied on bill shape to determine family boundaries. A new perspective on tanagers Much of the core of the tanager family remains intact. Iconic and amazing Galápagos finches, some of which even learned how to use tools.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
I first became familiar with the photographs and photo essays of Marie Read through their publication in Living Bird , the Cornell Lab of Ornithology magazine (British-born, Marie lives in the Finger Lakes area). Her photos have appeared in numerous magazines, educational exhibits, calendars, and she has won prestigious photography awards.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
John Schmitt, who illustrated Raptors of Mexico and Central America amongst many other books and magazine articles. The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. It’s spelled this way, all caps, because that is the official name.).
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2012
And since April this year, I strongly believe that these places should be mutually exclusive: The place for taxonomy is a magazine and an armchair. I knew nothing about the vast majority of bird families occurring in the region. I had no idea about the taxonomic order of families occurring in South-East Asia.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? They get much of their food using tools, and they do this better than chimpanzees.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2013
Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. These photographic field guides are lovely to look at and easy to use, providing a variety of tools for species identification. Fritillaries, always a tricky id, are a good example.
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