10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2018

This is because we have had to work together to survive and thrive as a species, and that’s probably why selfish behavior is not generally viewed as being the nicest of ways to be. For hummingbirds, though, since cooperation leads to quick starvation, they ain’t no such thing as a team! I would hope not!

Humane 177

Humane Neglecting Investigation Birds 177

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

There is also a major section on 180 bird species that is 123 pages long, about 1/3 of the book. The six-page introduction to the species accounts introduces the concept of migration and offers online resources for learning more from Project FeederWatch, eBird, the Great Backyard Bird Count, and other Cornell Lab of Ornithology resources.

Birds 182

Birds New York City Squirrels New York 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

I was happy to be out looking for birds, investigating all of the unfamiliar sounds and not feeling stupid by being around European birders who knew all of the birds that I was at least temporarily confused by. We watched it working over another fallen log, a typical behavior of the species – they really like to forage very low.

Woodpeckers 184

Woodpeckers Hungary Europe Japan 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, if we hear distant thunder, we know that it was caused by a storm, or by lightning, or by the more precisely defined physical processes of ionized air (depending on how much we know about meteorology). Even among our primate relatives, whoa are generally very smart, “Theory of Mind” is found in only a few species.

Abandon 239

Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum.

Collecting 105

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 105

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Even if you don’t live in the summer range of a particular species, you may have opportunities to observe it while it passes through, especailly if you live in an active flyway, like I happen to. In addition, there may be some built-in (genetic) processing ability. The birds do the flying for you. Well, not really.

Research 201

Research Humane Compassion New York 201

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

So defined, bird songs are the sounds, often but not always loud and musical, that (mostly) male birds make as part of that species’ mating system. It is, rather, determined by its correct learning of the song as it is sung locally by members of its species, plus other non-genetic factors we will not investigate today.

Zebras 261

Zebras Birds Humane Raised 261