10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Predators that rely on lemmings, like the Snowy Owl , took advantage of the bounty and had great breeding success, raising large broods which, after the lemming population crashes, dispersed far and wide. Females become less likely to rebuff male advances, and copulation takes place quickly without much fanfare.

Rabbits 214

Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Where I live, there are two species of lemmings, the Brown Lemming ( Lemmus trimucronatus ) and the Collared Lemming ( Dicrostonyx groenlandicus ). Lemmings can have four or five litters a year of as many eight young. If they each raised nine owlets, the owlets alone would have eaten over 25,000 lemmings from that valley.

Owls 239

Owls Fox Oklahoma Soreing 239

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100