10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now.

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New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

In nature, you’ve got your leathery skin (like elephants or crocodiles), you’ve got your fur (like beavers and red deer), you’ve got your scales (like fish and pangolins) and you’ve got your feathers (like many theropod dinosaurs … oh, and birds).

Birds 267

Birds Primates Marsupials Whales 267

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

The two main chapters cover Marine Mammals (Orca; Whales; Dolphins and Porpoises; Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Elephant Seal; Rarer Marine Mammals) and Seabirds (Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Fulmar, Strom-Petrels, Phalaropes, Alcids, Red-billed Tropicbird, Brown Booby, South Polar Skua, Jaegers, Gulls and Terns, Rarer Seabirds).

Dolphins 162

Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. Dog and Fish: Improbable Friends. Fish are often difficult to identify with or feel for. Jethro continued to make direct eye contact with me as if he were saying, “Do something.&# Photos courtesy of iStock.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

Johnson is not a birder or a naturalist; he was fly fishing to get his mind off the stress of working on the List Project, an advocacy organization he founded to aid Iraqis who had helped the U.S. Are these flies actually used for fishing? Kelson, published in 1895.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

Although it was formerly abundant and geographically widespread, Trumpeter Swan numbers and distribution were greatly reduced during the early fur trade and European settlement of North America (1600’s to 1800’s), when it was prized for its skins and primary feathers 1.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin America 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. Others, my favorites, show the species within the habitat: breaching Humpback Whales, a Reindeer confronting a King Penguin (below), an elevated view of a beach full of breeding Fur Seals.

Georgia 172

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. In 2011 their population was estimated at over 3,000 individuals, increasing steadily at 5-8% every year.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

What put this once small fishing town on the map was not birds but mammals, specifically whales and dolphins. The boat moves quickly past interesting things; Northern Giant Petrels , Buller’s Shearwaters , White-capped Albatrosses , New Zealand Fur Seals (I understand they will pause to see dolphins).

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Whales Whaling Albatross New Zealand 196

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 1, 2010

I’ve pet-sat many times since then for a variety of different dogs, cats, fish and really anything else that needed to be fed. If you pet has short hair, white fur or pink skin, they may need additional protection when out in the sun over the summer months. I was truly starting to enjoy spending time with the big fuzzy thing.

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Pets Dogs Protection Fur 100