10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
The relevant numbers involving cats, the people that cherish them, and the birds (and small mammals and reptiles) that they kill are all too large to mean much; you might as well use the funny word “gazillions.” Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2011
Hoary Marmots , also called Whistle Pigs , inhabit rocky areas near the treeline in northwestern North America up into Alaska. The “hoary&# part of their common name refers to the extremely pale fur on their back. Anyway, about half of the pictures here were taken by Daisy and the other half by me. … a.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2015
It covers seabirds and marine mammals and miscellaneous living things–creatures likely to be found on day trips from the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. That’s 22 Marine Mammal species and 43 Seabirds. And, at 5 by 8 inches it may be small enough to fit into some people’s pockets.)
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2012
John Bachmann headed west to gather material for Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Somewhere around the Platte River one of the Audubon boys received a black-footed hide from a fur trader. Audubon painted this new creature and wrote up a brief description, which went into his posthumous book and so out into the world.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. 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. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2012
Introduced from North America, it is bigger and more adaptable than the native Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris and has displaced the latter from much of its former range. Eastern Grey Squirrel Perhaps the white pelt had already attracted the attention of another predator.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it.
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