10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. Vicki states that fire benefits several bird species, like the Black-backed Woodpecker which feeds off the bark and wood-boring beetles that lay eggs in the charred trees.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Many species build nests of sticks or mud or spit on human-made structures , or in houses we’ve constructed specifically for their use. Even non-birders are not immune to their influence, as the term swallowtails is universally known to refer to anything with a “V” shaped fork. Barn Swallow , photo by Corey Finger.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

My personal favorites are the images that show the relationships that are at the heart of this book–a Linneated Woodpecker perched opposite a bromeliad on an exposed tree, Azteca ants on a cecropia tree whose decaying parts provide food, and, a little distressingly, two Capuchin Monkeys feeding on a Toucan (thanks to James Adams). .”

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South America Ecuador Reptiles America 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds. Some people love books like that. Yellow Warbler fledgling.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It describes how, when a veterinary drug used in India killed the vast majority of Indian vultures, the human death rate in affected locations increased by about 4% as the vultures were no longer around to feed on animal carcasses and the sanitation thus worsened substantially. It deserves a lot better than being caught and locked in a cage.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

It is a book with a careful infrastructure, however (even though it doesn’t have an index), with references to one section from another, enabling the curious reader to go down structured rabbit holes, pursuing information on nesting or skeletal systems or feather structure throughout the book. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. Still, the authors praise more than mourn, emphasizing that the most severe changes occurred before 1955, and that some NYC infrastructure changes have actually helped area bird life.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2020

With a reduced level of human interaction, the birds in this patch of forest seemed relaxed. Especially within recent times the birds have become very edgy and if they don’t fly off immediately, they would tend to choose obfuscated perches from which they would peer at us human intruders – vanishing once eye-contact is made.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2022

I cannot imagine how it feels to be the wife of a very famous man, say, the US president or a very popular actor, with everybody constantly is just referring to you as “the wife of” However, I am sure female Fork-tailed Sunbirds know this feeling very well. Also cute: Rufous Woodpecker. Or Elementary Egret?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2022

It drew huge crowds, who came mainly to mock the paintings there, including many impressionist works such as Edouard Manet’s “Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe” ( Oxford Reference ). While it is laudable to point out the plight of homeless woodpeckers, this is hardly the right subject for an upbeat bird photo contest.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

Humans have always classified organisms in a variety of ways, depending on need. In other words, you can’t say something like, “humans, gorillas, chimps, and bonobos are all in the same family and equally related to each other.” Some sort of ancient fish-with-feet is the ancestors of humans. Think about it. But here’s the thing.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Anyway, it is a very cute little woodpecker that eBird calls “unique, tiny” Its drum sound can be surprisingly loud for a bird this size. Contrary to my usual habit, I will not try to transfer this finding into the human world as I am too afraid of being accused of fat-shaming.

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Birds China Killing Reptiles 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

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China 2017 Birds Indonesia 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges. YourBirdOasis.com Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:22 am So polygynandry really is rare, but I can’t believe I forgot about Acorn Woodpecker! In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

As humans we place exceptional value in the beauty of an individual’s eyes. Eye color is even more varied in birds than it is in humans. In fact, many birds exhibit more pigment coloration in their eyes than humans (for the scientifically-minded these pigments are called pteridines, purines and carotenoids).

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Birds Humane Breeding Pelicans 268

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Woodpeckers, appropriately, get a whole page on drumming and tapping. Each spectrogram includes a page reference to the sound in the Index of Bird Sounds, allowing us to see what bird sounds are similar to those of the target bird. These sound descriptions are brief, one to three paragraphs, but are expanded for certain species.

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North America America Birds New York 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

.’ Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door - Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as `Nevermore.’

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2023

Another study provides some hope to human males who think of themselves as good karaoke singers. His combined roles are exemplary of a tendency in Hinduism to see complementary qualities in a single ambiguous figure”, Brittanica ), and who are the Brahmans (members of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood, Oxford Reference ).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. It’s hawks they pant and wait to see. And, a shorebird is not the image leading off the introduction to The Colbert Report.

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North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage, and then, well, it’s a different kind of excitement.) Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Ashy Tailorbird is a good example of the different perspectives of describing a bird – while the English name focuses on the body of the bird, the Latin species name ruficeps refers to the rufous head. Sepilok is a good place to see a number of woodpecker species. The smallest on offer is the Rufous Piculet (8-9.5

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Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 235

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Last month woodpeckers, this month penguins. None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. This is not your ordinary reference book, though it was cited as one of the best reference sources of 2014 by Library Journal.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2023

The Speckled Piculet is a budget version of a woodpecker, measuring only about 9 to 10.5 I know it is a bit hard to figure out what such a weight means exactly, so to help you, I am giving you some reference value: Donald Trump’s weight is about 110 kg, making him about 10,000 times heavier than a Speckled Piculet.

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Birds Asia Battery Woodpeckers 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Some people actually don’t consider human beings as animals. Some people think humans are superior to all other life forms. Thank God most human beings have developed a more modern view of wildlife and acknowledge that some animals display sufficient consciousness and self-awareness to deserve moral consideration.

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