10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2016
Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. What are your best wildlife moments?
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. The photographs, many by the author, are credited at the end of the book.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2015
Serbia has a large number of pigeon fanciers and a long history of lack of law enforcement in the field of wildlife crime ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). Extensive investigations by the police apparently led to a strong suspicion, but there have been no convictions to date. Painting (c) by Paschalis Dougalis.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot. KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildlife rehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds. At first I ignored it, but it continued so I went to investigate.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2011
There is a lot of bird movement around Australia at the moment due to the weather, so time to go and investigate! White-winged Black Terns resting on the fence We saw a lovely group of three Red-kneed Dotterel trying to find ground above water and there were 7 Sacred Kingfishers taking advantage of the fence to roost and pounce on tadpoles.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2013
Handing out T-shirts at the registration desk with a summer intern from the Field Museum (one of the conference’s sponsoring groups) gave me a good feel for who was around and what ornithologists are like. Exhibitors ranged from book publishers to purveyors of telemetry equipment to local bird and wildlife groups.
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