Critter News
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
Another animal experiment I would not support as a US taxpayer. In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks. Trips to Mars? This is so frigging frivolous.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
In an interesting experiment featuring a stuffed model of a Collared Scops Owl , Crested Goshawks arrived when hearing the mobbing call of Light-vented Bulbuls that they use when encountering such a scops owl, but not when hearing other mobbing calls. On the plus side, it looks rather funny when wet.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2016
On the left are healthy young wild birds, on the right are birds raised by well-meaning but unlicensed people who took their information from the internet. Feeding the wrong diet will result in feathers like the ones on the right. On the right are the feathers of an orphaned grackle fed, said the finder, a diet found on the internet.
10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2016
On the left are healthy young wild birds, on the right are birds raised by well-meaning but unlicensed people who took their information from the internet. Feeding the wrong diet will result in feathers like the ones on the right. On the right are the feathers of an orphaned grackle fed, said the finder, a diet found on the internet.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2020
The bird foraged on fruit in the upper understory, moving the vegetation almost as much as a monkey does. Luck always plays a role for seeing these monster goshawks but so does looking for them in the right places. These experiences, guiding, and other aspects of birding were gifts, I look forward to 2020.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2010
Animal rights activists are targeting a University of Florida researcher for his role in experiments on primates — even though he says he doesn't personally conduct animal research. Wonder if that could get activists into trouble under AETA (Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.) This is a long article from the Gainesville Sun.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2011
Chum monkeys are those who are paid to keep the chum flying off the back of the boat.* In my limited experience on pelagic trips, which are almost entirely off the coast of New York State, I can say that Northern Gannets will willingly fly right into the midst of a chum scrum, sometimes even plunge-diving very close to the boat.
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