10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! From Science Daily : Crows have the brain power to solve higher-order, relational-matching tasks, and they can do so spontaneously, according to new research.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
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. They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human.
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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. Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. I love puffins.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
A checklist from Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C. The places I expected ( Pillar Point Harbor in California and Ridgefield NWR in Washington) are right at the top of the list, but even places I thought I’d been to countless times have modest numbers. Moreover, it contributes to science (and economics ) and the price is right.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
I knew for sure I hadn’t seen a Great Blue yet this year, but the heron on the can of this week’s beer – Universale Pale Ale by Fremont Brewing of Seattle, Washington – reminded me just how long it’s been. You can get there from here: the whimsical signpost planted at the Center of the Universe in Fremont, Washington.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
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