10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. However, they do not occur evenly across their familial distribution.

Parrots 167

Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 167

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? by Marc Bekoff. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.,

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

So I thought I could give fair warning about one of the more dangerous birds out there, even more dangerous than the Lesser Goldfinch , and one of the more common and familiar birds of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Magpie. Australian Magpie! Dum dum DUM!

New Zealand 150

New Zealand Birds Australia Kangaroos 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

I start today with an update from last week, were I spoke about New Zealand’s muted reaction to the official shortlist of tea towels… I’m sorry, flags , that have been picked as part of a longwinded and dull process to not pick a new flag. Cons – the Kiwis have a dumb flightless bird as their emblem too.

Australia 178

Australia Chickens Birds Seals 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2013

Anzac Day started as a commemoration day for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’ disastrous Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War. This provides me a roundabout way to discuss one of the quirks of New Zealand, the name of her people. Royal New Zealand Air Force roundel.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Campaign Mammals Suffering 162