10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This attitude of superiority and arrogance can be seen in the recent story about a researcher on the Solomon Islands who mist trapped a bird not seen by scientists for fifty years. How it raised its chicks? Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song? Or how gracefully it flew? Where and how it gathered food?

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We were in the remote Amazonian forests and not a sound was to be heard except for the rhythmical dripping of water from the raised paddles. I was as quiet as a church mouse, waked the camera and let the lens rest on my lap. Do you hear that song?” At first nothing. Then I heard it. The Cocha Antshrike was one of these species not long ago.

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Solomon Islands Ecuador Colombia Brazil 217

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The large, crested Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) inhabited Choiseul and perhaps nearby islands in the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islanders say that the species was driven to extinction by cats and dogs introduced by Europeans. Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 276