10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family.

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 219

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

So this new research is very interesting, and we applaud the scientists for their work. These researchers carried out two different major efforts that in combination advance our understanding of the evolution of the bird beak. See: Four Wings Good Two Wings Better? So how did beaks evolve? The chickens were done in before hatching.

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Alligators Chickens Research Birds 229

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. They wrote books and published research. An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? This is a project that clearly spanned decades.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 161

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Madagascar Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia picturata. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. ???–?????? Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100