10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Indeed, most of what we knew about Emperor Penguins before Kooyman’s research expeditions was about their breeding behavior and physiology. Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish.

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Penguins Seals Leopards Research 151

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. This exhibit has been making the rounds of science museums, and if comes to your area I highly recommend it, not just for kids.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. Mostly adult males.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. Perch Press (March 24, 2020). He said, “Figure it out. Read Carl Hiaasen.”. How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? . Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017. The Wild Trees boggled my mind.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 246

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. The imaginary scenario is clearly taken from eyewitness accounts, but sources are not footnoted.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

So, I welcomed the opportunity to read and review Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds , by John Pickrell, published in the United States by Columbia University Press. Don’t let the university press imprint deceive you. There is a lot of science here to explain. Pickrell puts the pieces together in 11 chapters.

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Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 178