10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
Some were taken of birds and mammals in zoos or aviaries, others were taken in the wild, often in remote places. Laughing Owl, 1909, New Zealand, photo taken by Cuthbert and Oliver Parr, pp. The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004. And, they are fascinating. The photographs were never published.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.
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4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. On a beach in New Zealand, a dolphin came to the rescue of two pygmy sperm whales stranded behind a sand bar.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2018
Tom’s odyssey continued through New Zealand and passes on to Australia. April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. e Save u Dunav. 06 Mar 2018.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2018
Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.
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