10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. Zebra finch, Taeniopygia (Poephila) guttata.

Animal 115

Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

The modal bird song is a song, but not all ‘songs’ are song-like, in the sense that we expect song to come out of the ‘mouth’ (bill) and to consist of modulated air currents (like human voice). These are sonograms representing the song of four Zebra Finches. The top two are individuals with normal song.

Zebras 261

Zebras Birds Humane Raised 261

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. Apparently, some Zebra Doves can be quite valuable, though presumably not the ones I saw.

Vietnam 181

Vietnam Zebras Birds Sparrows 181