10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
”, which by some remarkable coincidence is also the title of a paper on “Physical-Attractiveness Evaluations and Dating Preferences as a Function of One’s Own Attractiveness” (among humans, not Grey-capped Greenfinches). In my experience, people eat more food they are familiar with than food that is unfamiliar.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
However, the typical birding experience for someone down here also includes a large menagerie of other species such as Orange-winged Parrot , Mitred Parakeet , Egyptian Goose and Nutmeg Mannikin. Their loud, descending whistles, gurgles and screeches are a common feature of parks and suburban neighborhoods in parts of Miami-Dade.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
The four authors, themselves field ornithologists, conservationists, birders, and writers with years of experience in southeast Asia, researched scientific studies ranging from early 19th-century descriptions of the birds of Java to the latest phylogenomic studies. But, it doesn’t cover all or Indonesia or all of Malaysia.
10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2023
I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 7, 2023
The Grey-backed Shrike apparently prefers locations close to human settlements – not because humans are particularly nice (we are not), but “because these habitats offer a better foraging substrate and places safe from large predators” ( source ). This male Plumbeous Water Redstart tried to ignore its chick.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2024
It seems a bit sad to me that a paper on the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the House Sparrow has to justify the need for research on these species by arguing this benefits humans: “Sparrow species … live in a close association with people. The first bird I saw in Saigon was less exotic though – a Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
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