10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. The male Grey Peacock-Pheasant looks quite attractive, though most human males would rightfully shudder to wear a shirt covered in purplish dots. The White-cheeked Partridge is classified as Near Threatened.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

There is the flightless Atitlán Giant Grebe of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, whose habitat was destroyed by a combination of human incursion and earthquake, but whose DNA lives on in hybrids that fly. And, then there are the extinct birds of Hawaii, four of which are represented here— Kaua‘i ‘O‘o, `O`u, Po?ouli,

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 264