article thumbnail

Birds on Film

10,000 Birds

One of those indoor pursuits was movie-going; specifically, on Tuesday I saw West of Memphis. Whether this metaphor is exciting or disturbing probably depends on the kind of science fiction you read, but my point, ultimately, is this: the more you know about House Sparrows, the more on point the shot appears.

Arkansas 101
article thumbnail

Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

10,000 Birds

Fortunately, in science, there is often a way to turn a defeat into a victory – in this case via the author just coming up with a new hypothesis, “if black eagles use the frequency or intensity of mobbing as a clue to locate nests, a lack of seasonal difference in mobbing behavior by drongos may be an evolutionary adaptive strategy.”

China 178