10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. Gerald Durrell relates one story in trying to save the endemic herpetofauna of Round Island in Mauritius.

Animal Rights 261

Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 261

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. He is the Harvey Weinstein of Pink Pigeons).

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. Do you include objects related to conservation–a copy of Silent Spring , maybe a photo of one of the lime traps that kill thousands of songbirds in Cyprus?

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Egypt Cyprus Collecting 172