10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2015
And squirrels. Aggravatingly, many squirrels. How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2018
According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Recent studies in Sri Lanka have revealed that, upon sighting a predator, a drongo will imitate the alarm calls of at least 4 other bird species (babblers, laughing thrushes, bulbuls, and others), as well as the call given by the specific predator, i.e. a giant squirrel or eagle.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks. To be honest, I like science fiction and find the universe fascinating, but I do not support NASA funding. We are nowhere near that.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 22, 2011
I took home a few of the pellets and found that the owls were feasting on grey squirrels and cottontail rabbits. I stuffed it in my pocket and decided to take it to Richard Oehlenschlager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Check out the bones that are clearly visible, you wouldn’t find that with a hawk pellet.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2023
Two weeks later, it was a young math and science teacher from Oregon named Brent who asked me to take him with me. And Brent was thrilled with a pair of Squirrel Cuckoos that perched near us. Not for Steve; he seemed completely satisfied. But I knew that quite a few charismatic species had failed to turn up.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2019
Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana.
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