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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Useful species were ones you could eat, or hunt, or preferably both, which is why New Zealand had several species of deer, the alpine goat-antelopes known as the Chamois and the Himalayan Tahr introduced. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?
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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. A hippo passed away following a long, horrible transfer from another zoo.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
The material on Bermuda is particularly engrossing, illustrating what it is like to be a researcher in a remote area of the seemingly-glamorous Bahamas, studying birds and counting berries at sites called the Goat Farm and Dead Dog Road. There are also the larger issues of negotiating with the Bermuda government and its landowners for access.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. A Sage Thrasher – a vagrant from western North America and only one of a handful of New York State records – was found on the other side of the Hudson River over in Columbia County in early November.
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