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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Other hardy souls signed up for an early morning “Ostrich Run” 5k, with the prizes beinging–you guessed it–actual ostrich eggs. Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Anyway, I was much keener to see this kingfisher than the Emu (who I consider to be a bit of an underprivileged ostrich). ” If you want to hear about the equivalent among humans as phrased in a country song, please look up the lyrics to “A boy named Sue” Or watch/listen to Johnny Cash sing it here.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Next time, I’ll know why.

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The ostrich is the only bird in the world that has eyeballs that are bigger than its brain. Their eyeballs are about the size of a billiard ball or about five times the size of a human eye. Its brain represents only.015% of the bird's total body weight. An average ostrich weighs around 330 lbs.

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APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. Ostriches are infected as well as, in one known case, Falcons. If that form causes serious illness (in a bird or in humans), and if it is spread easily, then we have a problem.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). Which has always mystified me slightly.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

the warthog is not really a dangerous animal but the tarantula is less dangerous.the warthog goes straight to third pushing the gigantic spider to fourth ostrich: Ostriches are large flightless birds. Ostrich leather is a lucrative commodity, and the large feathers are used as plumes for the decoration of ceremonial headgear.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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JUNE 4, 2019

Both were led by strong, intelligent women who needed to develop new ways of making their points with the public and the government; both movements were lynchpins in developing today’s values of human rights and environmental conservation.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. The Dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon.

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Pieces of the New Zealand Puzzle

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MAY 14, 2014

First off, it seems that New Zealand’s two iconic families of ratites, large flightless southern birds that includes emus, rhea, ostriches, cassowaries and the extinct elephant birds, are not particularly closely related. Moa and Kiwi aren’t brothers and sisters. New Zealand Sea Lion by Karora (Creative Commons).

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The new 48-genome analysis included only ostrich and tinamou DNA, so it doesn’t shed further light on paleognath interrelationships, but it does reinforce their distinctiveness from all other living birds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Open Jarvis et al.’s Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl.

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.

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