10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2023
By raising awareness and advocating for responsible tourism practices, we can ensure that future generations will continue to marvel at the avian treasures that call Shanghai home. Conclusion: Shanghai, with its juxtaposition of urban landscapes and thriving birdlife, is a testament to the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). It does indeed look like a racket – not a tennis one but a hockey one.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2017
Laysan albatrosses are ocean-dwelling seabirds who have 6-foot wingspans, weigh 7-8 pounds, occasionally sleep while flying, and rarely land except to raise their chicks. The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They are docile and devoted parents who will not leave their nests.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
The rise in drone popularity over the past few years has been meteoric — and in our typical human arrogance, we’ve once again ignored the fact that for the past 150 million years, the sky has belonged to the birds. This raises the question of whether or not drones can cause serious harm to birds.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2016
After school and on weekends he’d attend soccer games and hang around playgrounds, preferring to spectate from the playground equipment. One Monday we got a call from one of the officers: “Hey, we’ve got to up our game! Guardians of human health, and a pretty awesome bird species as well … what a package! he shrieked.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2013
By year three, the adults were practicing the eagle equivalent of human “hover parenting.” It really looked like a game of tag. As the weaker juvenile became stronger, its flight mentor stepped up the game, though I didn’t realize it at first. … Birds Bald Eagle raptors'
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). I’ve recently returned from a filming trip in Arizona where I have been working on a production for National Geographic on Harris’s (Harris) Hawks. Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few.
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