10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer.

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 218

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Not sure why they spend time in Shanghai in winter when they could come here though, but then again, I usually do not understand most of the behavior of humans either. Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. Lucky him, right?

Birds 215

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 215

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Similar to the situation among humans, among Grey-capped Greenfinches , “high-quality individuals prefer to mate with each other” ( source ). Or maybe they are quite excited about clarifying that Muscicapa latirostris is the wrong name for this bird while Muscicapa dauurica is right.

China 176

China Birds Ukraine Killing 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

eBird states that “small white patch on throat is not obvious and difficult to see” And they use a photo that I submitted as main illustration, so they must be right. Thank god that this does not apply to humans. Sometimes being a member of the human race feels very embarrassing. It just looks stupid.

Birds 196

Birds China Eggs Owls 196

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? There is a survival lesson here to, for both owls and humans, and I’ll leave that vague, so you won’t be ‘spoiled.’ b) Who will play author Jonathan C.

Owls 134

Owls Russia Fish Research 134

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2023

The third shrike seen in Shanghai this month was the Tiger Shrike. Surprisingly (at least from a biased human perspective), 97% of the deserters are female ( source ). When I am in the right mood (that is, probably the wrong mood, as not helpful for my own survival), such a sight can almost make me cry.

Birds 130

Birds China Taiwan Raised 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. The way things should be is a very powerful motivating factor in human lives. It’s all very well to advocate the should that tigers should not be poached from a reserve in India.

Tigers 172

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. In Singapore, a Tiger Shrike was observed casting a pellet after eating a large scarab beetle.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2017

They can be easy, they might be a challenge, or they may even require super human feats of extra ambition but however those goals might be categorized, make plans now because we have reached the downhill side of the year birding spectrum. Unless you go to the right places and/or get lucky, all of these can cause trouble with the year list.

Costa Rica 101

Costa Rica 2017 Birds Tigers 101

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us. if we believe it's our right to do what we want with the lives of other animals. . . .

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

Presumably it would include all human beings, whether they are in the habit of eating animals or not. But this reply is based on a confusion between the praiseworthiness or blameworthiness of a moral agent and the rightness or wrongness of the action of an agent. In the case of human beings, the situation is different.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Lions 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. They are one of the four existing species in the genus Panthera , and with males weighing in at up to 550lbs are second in size only to Tigers. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets! to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 201