10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2017

On an island where a major cause of biodiversity loss is from introduced predators, fencing off an area and clearing the predators once is a usually effective method of protecting species where removing the invasive from the whole area isn’t feasible (yet). I’ve written before about such projects in Taranaki and Wellington.

Sanctuary 102

Sanctuary New Zealand Pedigree Species 102

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2011

Wood Storks are an exceptionally old species, and its existence predates the last Ice Age, around 15,000 years ago, by tens of thousands of years more. This is a bird with some pedigree. That’s only based on the physical evidence, taking into account more circumstantial stuff, the species is probably even older still.

Pedigree 170

Pedigree North America South Carolina Brazil 170

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2011

The ABA is still considering its response to the gull and its provenance, but more to the point, Jochen has called its pedigree into question by asserting that it is a Ring-billed Gull x Black-headed Gull hybrid.

South Africa 174

South Africa Pedigree Africa New York 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

For instance, Frederick rejected centuries-old folk wisdom that claimed that Barnacle Geese ( Branta leucopsis ) – a species with a seasonal occurrence in Europe – were born not of eggs laid by breeding geese but were spontaneously incarnated from driftwood afloat at sea. Could this be the first “accipiter sp.”

2015 113

2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113