10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. You may think of penguins as cold-adapted and they are, but there are penguins living in temperate and tropical areas as well.

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AUGUST 10, 2014

Together, these birds compose the family Alcidae , and they share adaptations that we recognize as penguin-like: an upright stance on land, black-and-white plumage, and — most important — wings that propel them underwater in pursuit of prey ( see them in action here ). © David J. See Cairns et al.

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AUGUST 7, 2011

I then flew south to Sydney to have the weekend with my sister and family. George, who is 5, said that I should be the mummy penguin and he would be the baby penguin for the weekend. When we were not talking about birds we talked about sharks and sea snakes!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Next, band names referring to individual birds or bird families. The Bowerbirds are an American independent-folk band as well as an Australian bird family. The bird family, however, is not. A surfin’ bird ( African Penguin , Boulders Beach, South Africa). I am sure you can easily imagine this as a PowerPoint slide.

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MAY 19, 2011

People were doing things like that with birds, sharks, and humans. Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. A fascinating exception to this, of course, are penguins. The idea was to see if those without magnets taped to their heads got less lost then those with the magnets. Specifically, Itcher Tern. Image source.

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