10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Because, let’s face it, when you get off that plane and look at those severe volcanic landscapes and then find yourself face to face with one of the islands’ four mockingbird species, you’re not going to think, “Oh, look, lava and a mockingbird.” The updating of the text is very important.

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 272

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

And it did so in spectacular fashion, in the form of a mixed-species feeding flock, or a bird wave. They are large groups of birds of all different kinds of species. And the Southern Black Tit was as at home foraging upside down as right side up, just like its relatives, the t**s and chickadees, do back in Europe and America.

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South Africa Tortoises Woodpeckers Birds 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Elephant The big – two species of elephant are now recognized as occuring in Africa, the smaller and more secretive Forest Elephant and the larger, more familiar African or Bush Elephant. The little – the two species of black Buffalo Weavers obtain their appellation from their dark coloration that resembles their fearsome namesake.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 226

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Bringing back extinct species. The latest example is an extinct Galapagos tortoise species. I just don't feel it's right, as great as it would be to correct the mistakes we've made. Scientists keep saying they can do it. Should they? It cheapens life and makes the original seem replaceable. Mass-production of blue dodos?

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Tortoises Tagged Rights Species 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Although Cocos Island is halfway between Costa Rica and the Galapagos, we are still talking about hundreds of kilometers of ocean between us and the place of the big tortoises. On Wednesday, the odds finally fell in my favor when an adult tropicbird appeared like magic right in front of the boat.

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Costa Rica Birds Tortoises Groups 100