Mules Serve as Military Animals in Afghanistan
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
Tags: afghanistan military war us mules.
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
Tags: afghanistan military war us mules.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2011
Long-wattled Umbrellabird Rose-faced Parrot Scaled Pigeon Emerald Tanager To arrive at the Bilsa Research Station during the rainy season we rode on mud-threading mules for 3 hours. I asked our mule owners about this issue and they explained that 100% of the reserve is owned by the people that live inside the reserve!
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2020
Down a dirt lane bordered by Southern Magnolia trees, I leaned over a fence to watch two mules feeding quietly, then followed the road to a white-paneled house, complete with pink Azalea bushes by the front door. Though I had only walked around for a few minutes, I could already tell how birdy the estate really was.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2022
A few Eurasian Tree Sparrows land by my car as I am scanning for Purple and Squacco Herons , Pygmy Cormorants and Black-necked Grebes in their brilliant breeding plumage.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2011
The Black-tailed Deer , or, in this case, the Columbian Black-tailed Deer , is not a full species, but one of two black-tailed subspecies of Mule Deer.* Though morphologically distinguishable from other subspecies of Mule Deer it is not a species in and of itself.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
I couldn’t help but notice these Lark Sparrows when a flock of nearly a dozen birds flew from some scrub oaks to the ground just off the pathway across from Mule Pond, but it wasn’t easy to spot them on the ground unless they were moving. I caught this one as it perched briefly on the fence.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
In addition to the hundred or so species of birds I regularly find here, there are Desert Foxes, Bobcats, Mountain Lions, Desert Bighorn Sheep and Mule Deer. Despite the eyesore that is this mine, the wildlife continues to thrive in this harsh environment. Here are a few of the birds we spotted last weekend. Black-throated Sparrows.
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