10,000 Birds
JUNE 30, 2011
No, Sandwich Terns are rather boringly named after their type locality, Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom. I like this shot, taken as the tern flew over to preen, because it looks like it is abandoning the Common Tern to drown. And our bird did more than just sit around – it decided to look for food while we watched!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
And most recently, a team of researchers from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Austria have demonstrated that New Caledonian Crows understand UCAs. The next graph shows the average number of times per trial that the crow decided to abandon an effort to get at the food. Here’s the idea.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2011
As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself. Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 24, 2010
According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. A similar problem is also occurring in the United States, where the Humane society of the United states claims that up to 8 million animals enter animal shelters each year, showing that this is an international problem.
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