10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2016
Tim Birkhead, a respected ornithologist with years of research under his belt, doesn’t quite achieve perfection with this book on the totality of that strange entity, the bird’s egg, but he makes a valiant effort of it and comes away with a very interesting book indeed.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
In the meantime, research into ways to make buildings safer for birds is ongoing. The latest edition of Science News delves into the work of scientists studying this problem. But a growing number of cities worldwide have progams to help rescue and salvage them. Hopefully, someday, these groups won’t be necessary.
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Critter News
JUNE 29, 2009
The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ’ What was left to write about? ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2018
Technology to the rescue! This is essentially a survey of ornithological marine research told in the voice of one of its most passionate and experienced participants. Mostly, as you can probably tell from the last paragraph, I learned how a marine ornithologist thinks, and how challenging this research can be.
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.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. I do occasional rescues, though, because everyone still has my number. I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017. Are you still rehabbing birds?
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