article thumbnail

The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is a bit of a rabbit hole, however, and you may find yourself, as I did, spending the day watching videos of Superb Lyrebirds singing and Kea Parrots making snowballs. It’s fascinating stuff. Most of the chapters in The Bird Way focus on one or two scientists who has done extensive research on ‘outlier behavior.’

Research 233
article thumbnail

Bunny Love

10,000 Birds

Another effect of the bounty of lemmings is other prey species enjoyed a bit of a respite from their position at the bottom of the food chain. Arctic Hare also were largely ignored by predators and bred, well, like rabbits. Foraging Arctic Hare This time of year, April, is when the Arctic Hare are most evident up here.

Rabbits 216
article thumbnail

The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. Over the years Jethro approached rabbits as if they should be his friends, but they usually fled.

Emotional 100