10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2019

A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. Let me assure you that I have no doubts about how much they contribute to individual birds and to the ravaged conscience of modern man. My pause for thought came when I found a Stygian Owl in a city park in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Owls 173

Owls Brazil Reptiles Mammals 173

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2011

The Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish. Dogs aside, I’ve tended to plenty of small mammals and reptiles in my years, and have seen some pretty interesting things. But there was never anything as fascinating as the Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish. It was time for one last fish eulogy.

Fish 100

Fish Veal Seattle Cooking 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

Most of these are common/abundant residential and migratory birds (and, this being Kruger, that includes five Hornbill species, four Sunbird species, a Trogon, five Owl species, and many other goodies); uncommon and striking-but-rare species are also included, so we have Storks, Martial Eagle, and Pel’s Fishing-Owl. And, heavy.).

Ecuador 178

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

It is widely known that many wading birds include fish as part of their diet, but I had not witnessed this from a Tringa type before and was fascinated to watch this Common Greenshank catch and swallow a Mudskipper from the flats at Deep Bay in Hong Kong. They locate their prey by sight.

Reptiles 102

Reptiles Fish Mammals Birds 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

This portal has compared on a per unit of area basis data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants, creating a biodiversity index. Mongabay.com has done exactly that.

Equatorial Guinea 203

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year.

Raccoons 224

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 224

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

High school graduates would not only know birds, but would also be more aware of the native plants, insects, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that inhabit the woodlots, grassy fields, sea cliffs, and other habitats around their homes. But his class was only one of two in the U.S., Think about it for a minute.

2018 264

2018 Agenda Science Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2018

This portal has compared data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fishes and vascular plants per unit of area, creating a biodiversity index. Mongabay.com has done exactly that.

Rwanda 221

Rwanda Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Costa Rica 221

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Add 315 bird species, 42 species of mammals – including Vulnerable Irrawaddy and Endangered Ganges River Dolphins , 61 amphibians and reptiles – including Estuarine Crocodile , at least 150 species of commercially important fish and 334 plant species to the picture. And tell me now – don’t you share my dream?

Bangladesh 188

Bangladesh Dolphins Cambodia Cooking 188

Reddit Animals

MAY 11, 2024

I lowkey want to combine phylum and kingdom, but dont know if this is a good method and wouldnt know what to call it, the phylum replacement would look something like this: Mammals, Reptiles, Fish, Amphibians, Birds, Arthropods (i feel like this would cover all of the necessary animals, i could also include other types of invertebrates, but idk) Also (..)

Game 40

Game Animal Seals Lifestyle 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2018

This fragile ecosystem is home to 344 feathered species, 300 fish species (salt- and freshwater), 50 species of reptiles, 40 mammal species, and 36 listed species (threatened and/or protected). It has been my privilege to bird in the ‘Glades – the largest US wilderness east of the Mississippi River.

Miami 144

Miami Las Vegas Alligators Minnesota 144

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Hundreds-of-thousands of cattle share the swampy fields with the most exotic reptiles, mammals, fish, birds, insects and humans. The contrast between biodiversity and human destruction is in plain sight everywhere you go! It is an eye opener which every birder must see before it its gone.

Brazil 116

Brazil Otters Reptiles Birds 116

Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

intelligence, having a sense of past and future, having social ties, being a mammal or a bird). No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans. No frog, toad, or salamander ever was our forebear.

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Apes Advocacy Salamander 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

One of those pooie reptiles: Green Iguana by Niklas Aronsson. From there, we head to a local restaurant to join the rest of the team for lunch, an excellent fish spiced by a reggae/calypso band in the background. Or a mammal. Or even those pooie reptiles. In the off season, at least.

Costa Rica 145

Costa Rica Reptiles Farming Mississippi 145

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

But you haven’t come here to read my writing about mammals or reptiles, so, yeah, there are also lots of birds. Perched high above the river were a number of birds of prey, including the one with the most evocative call of the African bush, the African Fish-eagle. Red Lechwe. In particular, there are lots of waterbirds.

Botswana 162

Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Recently, 29 fish species of fish were recorded in this area, together with 8 amphibians, 9 reptiles and 62 species of mammals (including 20 species of bats), together with Wild Boar , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , Eurasian Otter , European Pine and Beech Martens , Steppe Polecat , Stoat and the Least Weasel.

Serbia 173

Serbia Protection Eagles Ducks 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

It brings mammals, and frogs in profusion, and reptiles, and insects. But on the second night we went on foot in a small group and saw a lot more, including flying frogs, a Common Banded Civet and best of all a brief view of a Buffy Fish Owl ! Or nothing big at least. So many insects. And spiders, and scorpions.

Badgers 154

Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The fourteen identification chapters cover: geology and constellations; habitats; wildflowers; trees; shrubs, vines, and ground cover (grasses, sedges, rushes); primitive plants, lichens, and fungi; mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; fishes; butterflies and moths; other insects; other invertebrates (spiders, leeches); beach and tidepool life.

Massachusetts 211

Massachusetts North America Rhode Island Ohio 211

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2016

Bowen, a wildlife rehabilitator licensed with CT DEEP for small mammals and reptiles (specializing in bats www.bats101.info) He had already been fed some fish and water and had settled in nicely. Today’s Guest Post is written by Linda E. info) and is also USFWS licensed for migratory birds, specializing in waterfowl.

Connecticut 167

Connecticut Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Delaware 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. A nestling Eastern Screech Owl they fed nothing but fish,” wrote Eileen Hagerman. Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. The baffling, mind-boggling public.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

The number of individual birds and mammals alone that are affected by these factors are countless; and when you consider fish, reptiles and amphibians, it is hard to comprehend the magnitude of life that gets wiped out around the world (and certainly including the U.S.) There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

Animal Rights Movement 214

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2012

Lake Eacham is a crater lake that was once home to an endemic fish, but that species is gone from the lake due to introduced (but native) fishes (the species survies thanks to fish fanciers collecting them, however). One the reptile front a small Lace Monitor high up a tree was a pretty cool spot.

Kangaroos 161

Kangaroos Guinea Pigs Turkey Guinea 161

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Free-roaming cats will hunt and kill birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, resulting in wildlife mortality. If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance.

Feral Cats 215

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 215

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. When it comes time to for me to plan a vacation I first figure out what herps occur in the area and then what birds and mammals I can also find.

Salamander 139

Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 139