10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s all about the improbable intersection of human beings and Emperor Penguins, and if I can’t make it to an Emperor Penguin colony (highly unlikely), reading this book has been the next best thing. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

Penguins 162

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection. In the unloved “Other” section of today’s post, we have a few more mammals. Drongos feed more effectively when in such flocks, so the benefits go both ways.

Birds 222

Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 222

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

Of course, the same applies to pizza services for humans. He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). . The species name athertoni is derived from Lt. Reluctantly back to birds.

Squirrels 140

Squirrels Birds China Bears 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. It is an extremely popular fundraising project with an almost cult-like following.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. . they are the most terrestrial primate after humans.

Ethiopia 161

Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 161

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants. The park was created as much to protect the local communities from marauding elephants with a hatred of dangerous humans and a lack of interest in the differences between nations as it was to protect the elephants.

South Africa 147

South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. Read Carl Hiaasen.”. How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

Wildlife Rehabilitation 264

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 264