10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2015

Guano-covered rocks (called Seal Rocks I am told, but my guess is that a seal would struggle to get up here to bask) just off the beach will probably quickly catch your attention. Black Oyster-catchers will usually be found on the rocks too, but this morning each of these species gave their best views in the receding waves.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Seals Transported Ducks 133

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? Bird diets are specific to each species; liquids and food fed improperly can cause a bird to aspirate, get sick or die.

Wounded 256

Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 256

Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

One of the worst pictures I've ever seen is of a seal with its stomach cut open and a mess of plastic inside. The protection of marine animals may fall under "environmentalism," but these are artificial divisions. The protection of marine animals may fall under "environmentalism," but these are artificial divisions. Marine life.

Marine Life 100

Marine Life Seals Animal Rights For Animals 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Sadly the great gannet colonies during the July to October period to protect the birds, but if you head up to Boundary Stream you’ll find a good mix of lowland and mountain forest where active management is keeping forest birds going. If you do decide to give your liver a rest then rest assured there are birds to be seen here.

New Zealand 157

New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Seals 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Kooyman (co-author with Jim Mastro) spent decades studying Emperor Penguins and can be considered the world’s foremost expert on the species. Empire Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are the largest living penguin species, almost four feet tall (taller when they stretch), and the least likely to be seen on birding or nature trips.

Penguins 157

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

It was a Benguela Nino year, and pelagic seabirds were in super-abundance in the south eastern Atlantic, with the total of species by variety and number exceeding all expectations for the birders on the inaugural trip as we pitched and wallowed about in the rolling swells on our way out to the trawling grounds.

Albatross 182

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* I love puffins.

Washington 171

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 171

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. Thrity-seven species are probably already extinct. This is not a field guide.

Reptiles 185

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In total, there are eight species of hornbills in Borneo – the best place to see them seems to be the Kinabatagan River area (also known as Sukau). Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages.

Rhinoceros 127

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 127

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

But most important, they are beginning to starve, because the sea ice they depend on for hunting seals, their main food, is melting at a very rapid rate because of global warming. Instead, it simply seeks to protect bears in the absence of a better national approach to climate change. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. 2 editorial pointed out.

New York Times 40

New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

The birdlife in the Cape is nothing short of spectacular, with a healthy dose of charismatic endemic species. Over 40 species of South African endemics can be found in the Cape – Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Rockjumpers, Orange-breasted Sunbirds to name but a few. An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick.

Penguins 216

Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 216

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The book serves as a model of how our environmental success stories can be presented to the non-birding public, the citizens and legislators who are responsible for funding conservation projects and habitat protection. There are, at least 2 species, thank goodness. The Index is adequate, listing species and names.

New Jersey 149

New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 149

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

The well dressed biologist or intern is mostly thus protected for the elements (or at least the elements that in some way relate to angry larids), although a few gulls manage to get lucky shots across the one part of the body not covered head to toes in plastic, the face. It’s a hot sunny day. well pretty much roll around in the stuff.

Breeding 182

Breeding Stray Seals Whales 182

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The island is also the largest colony of the species anywhere in their range, making it the capital of their tyrannical empire. In fact, should anything smaller than an elephant seal wander into the territory it will be rewarded not only with copious amounts of warm milky guano but a thorough battering.

Breeding 175

Breeding Collecting California Hunting 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Eighteen-hour trips are the rule and only about four or five hours are spent in the prime area to see the species most birders are hoping to see. I’ve been on a whale-watching trip in Orange County , twice gone out to Santa Cruz Island , and even visited Protection Island off the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Whales 110

Whales Whaling Albatross Dolphins 110