Definition Eggs Research 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2023
The eBird cartoonists call the Spot-breasted Parrotbill a “bulbous-headed brown bird with a comically large bill” As a foreigner living in China and thus used to having my nose size ridiculed, I definitely feel with the parrotbills. In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests. What a pity.)
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2024
is like this: meticulously researched, densely illustrated, and designed for non-linear reading. That initial simplicity transitions to detailed spreads where Ignotofsky manages to weave in definitions of bird terms like “altricial” and “rachis” and “chalaza.” And What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest? What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2014
For decades researchers have made annual trips out to the Tortugas to catch Sooty Terns, attach tiny silver bands to their legs with unique identification numbers, and then set them free again. If birds don’t want to be handled, then they definitely didn’t want to be weighed. Sooty Terns are incredibly birds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2018
Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? This is essentially a survey of ornithological marine research told in the voice of one of its most passionate and experienced participants. Technology to the rescue!
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
Another puzzling thing to me, as for me, the ideal number of people to live with would be somewhere between zero and one but definitely not above 1. According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. End of side note.
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