10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2015

I’m a big fan of the antelopes, a group that is most commonly associated with Africa but which also occurs in Asia and, if you stretch the term to be cladistically meaningful, Europe and North America. By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox.

Africa 173

Africa Hunters Goats Sheep 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

Critter News

JUNE 20, 2010

A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. A study released by the associations that accredit zoos across North America said that the occurrence of deaths was not a fluke. Over forty stingrays died following somebody messing up the oxygen levels in the tank.

Zoos 100

Zoos Animal Abuse Bats Goats 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s. Most of the chapters are in the first two sections; the future is a brief, open question.

Michigan 240

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 240