10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. The three co-authors of Life Along the Delaware Bay are scientists who know how to write about science without jargon or pretense. The visual beauty and textual facts are a strong combination.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. However, as I found some interesting information on the latter, I will share it here anyway.

China 234

China Birds Pythons Eagles 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

Dr Smith was later in charge of medical services in the Crimea but had a feud with Florence Nightingale and was severely criticized for mismanagement, yet despite this he was knighted in 1859. He was a Scottish army doctor and zoologist who came to the Cape in 1821 as surgeon to the Cape Mounted Rifle Corps. Image by Adam Riley.

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Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. I walked into an enormous dining area filled with rehabbers, and they were all eating lasagna and talking about the kind of animal medical issues that would send most people running from the room. I thought, “Finally!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 261

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Mayr technically studied medical sciences, but he was a true and fanatic/fantastic birder and this was the reason for him choosing Greifswald over any other university – he wanted to go birding there. SIGH Well, I guess I should apologize for hijacking your post.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

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 186

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Having puppies isn’t a fun science experiment. Not only will you need to provide medical care to your female dog; you’ll also have to deworm and vaccinate the puppies, as well as intervene if they have any health problems. Reduced Costs and Stress. It’s extremely expensive. She has owned and fostered many pets who needed a loving home.

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Spay Spaying Neutering Pets 100