10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

Rabbits have become surprisingly scarce close to home, but I don’t have to go far to see warrens of them, with as many as 30 or 40 in one field. Mole – gentleman in black velvet I’ve seen lots of bats, but bat identification is tricky, even when armed with a bat detector. I’ve seen them in Cyprus.

Fur 246

Fur Boars Deer Estonia 246

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. But the jawbone…that was from a bat! Oehlenschlager apologized that he couldn’t say the exact species of bat. It was either a big brown bat or a hoary bat.

Bats 249

Bats Dissection Minnesota Owls 249

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2015

There are 104 of these artistic bollards and each group has a rabbit painted on it somewhere for children to find! You can see one of the rabbits on the second bollard from the right. By now I was in sunshine and so were the Fruit bats! Fruit bats-Eastern Park. It appears to be a Major Mitchell Cockatoo in his cage.

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Rabbits Bats Pelicans 2003 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. The island was being ravaged by rabbits that were destroying every last tree, threatening the future of three lizards and two snakes. Gerald Durrell relates one story in trying to save the endemic herpetofauna of Round Island in Mauritius.

Animal Rights 270

Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 270

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. Jethro and the Bunny. Jethro the dog.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100