10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
An estimated one billion birds collide with glass each year in the United States* and most of them die; window collisions are considered the second highest cause of death of birds after cats (putting aside the big overall causes, like habitat loss and climate change).* ©2012 Donna L. Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr.,
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2019
But in the mid-eighteenth century, the science of horticultural hybridization produced successful crosses of Vitis vinifera with native American grapes, resulting in hardier cultivars resistant to New World diseases but with more desirable qualities for winemaking.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2015
If you are hosting an unusual hummingbird in eastern Pennsylvania, this is they guy who is likely to come to your home and band it. We don’t simply learn that Great Horned Owls sometimes eat fish, we learn that in northeastern California, they eat Tui chub and in Pennsylvania they eat brown bullhead catfish.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature. He effectively brings his point across by presenting facts and images and a little bit of hard science. Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2012
There is a stop-motion animation about John James Audubon, a paean to Ralph Bell (a long-time western Pennsylvania birder), another stop-motion animation about bird song, and a lesson on building a simple birdfeeder. If your perspective on the natural world is fundamentally anti-science then how can you hope to explain scientific concepts?
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