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.

Turtles 197

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 197

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. An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

The genetic pathway found in Alligators and birds and everything within the containing family tree of Alligators and birds was messed with, and the result was the loss of bird-osity and thus reversion to alligatorness. Well, maybe a little better than that but not much. Here’s the thing. Expression of facial patterning genes across amniotes.

Alligators 213

Alligators Chickens Research Birds 213

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. ???–?????? Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Lake Ngatu.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100