10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Germany had lost one of its most promising ornithological researchers, and one of its most active birders. Wicked, right? And the sudden death of Andreas Helbig, a bit more than half a year later at the age of 48, was nothing short of a shock. SIGH Well, I guess I should apologize for hijacking your post. I am clearly not.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2017

It was damn cold – “Science is a cruel mistress”, a line from Luc Besson’s movie The Big Blue, came to mind – but we remained on the prow. Yet, they were around, all right, only by then they were called Yellow-legged Gulls. Valentine’s Day , one of them visiting Poland and Germany in the meantime).

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Those readers with slightly morbid interests might want to seek out a paper in the Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences describing the case of heavy mixed infection of Golden Pheasants by Heterakis isolonche and H. ” (source: Fritz Hillenbrand, Underground Humour in Nazi Germany: 1933-1945, Routledge: London).

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Pandas Research Phoenix Science 130

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. The book begins with the discovery of Archaeopteryx in Germany in 1861. There is a lot of science here to explain.

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Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 190

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Then again, why would anyone name a bird after a botanist, let alone one I only just made up right now? In the right light, the male Common Pheasant can look ridiculously attractive. I should also point out that contrary to popular belief, the Common Starling is not named after Edward Common (1858-1892), the English botanist.

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Birds Research Science Europe 204

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

I may have said this before, but thrushes always remind me a bit of German housewives – robust and reliable, but not particularly graceful (there is a reason I live in China and not in Germany). I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird.

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