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10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. This major radiation of water-adapted birds includes loons, penguins, and the remarkable tubenoses along with a variety of totipalmate and wading birds. Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2020
On a quick browse, here are some facts I learned: Melanin helps to resist bacteria that attack feathers; most parrots are left-footed and this is associated with problem-solving; some birds nest in two different places in the same year. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? Is a free digital download possible?)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2011
But this critically endangered and majestic blue parrot has remained elusive to most of the world and, sniffle sniffle, to me as well. Jean Loscalzo is a penguin buff (Can you blame her?) and would love to watch Rockhopper Penguins. It seemed like a really fun way to spend the day! See who won the contest here! Get yours today!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Illustrations were created using diverse visual and physical source materials–skin collections from Australian museums and a database of over 300,000 photographs (plus, of course, the artists’ years of field experience). Each family group begins with a small box summarizing the characteristics of the family in Australia.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
Her teacher is assumed to have been a very young Edgar Lear, who learned the art because he wanted to produce his own book on parrots and who also did illustrations for John Gould. Elizabeth’s watercolor of the Australian Mulga Parrot, for example, was used as the basis for H.C. and died 15 August 1841.
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