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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. A Grateful Whale.

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

10,000 Birds

Seeing this giant, awkward yet majestic bird walk through the densely littered landscape was a surreal experience. (4) Armed with Dramamine and ginger and gray elastic wristbands, I embarked on an August pelagic from Half-Moon Bay, California with Alvaro Jaramillo and a Field Guides group. 4) Small Pratincole. But, I saw the bird!

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