10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. She never finds her long days observing her falcons, crows, and condors boring.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2011
Here’s a prediction: Parrots , falcons , and seriemas are on their way to new positions in your checklists and, eventually, field guides. However, evidence has mounted in recent years that falcons are not closely related to other diurnal raptors and seriemas don’t belong anywhere near gruiform birds. I like this one too.)
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2014
There are hawk cams , falcon cams , puffin cams , tern cams , heron cams , and even Osprey cams. Why else would they build their nest, which already contains two eggs, on the fire escape of the college’s science center? You’ve probably heard of many different kinds of bird cams—web feeds that spy on the inner lives of birds.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to think about science reporting on this vast Internet of ours. At some point, some kind of raptor — most likely a falcon — is going to independently invent barbecue. We also know that they are already putting their food into pits. This can mean only one thing.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2014
The many eyes on this particular citizen-science prize have also yeilded other results as well. Now we gamble again (literally as well as figuratively – there’s a split-pot prize for predicting the dates of arrival, egg-laying, and other major events) on the hope that they will lay viable eggs and successfully rear young.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships. Ringer Suh et al.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.
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