10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

Being sacred may not have been that great for the Ibis in Egypt though – apparently, mummies of the Ibis are by far the most common bird mummies found there. The Sacred Ibis was very important for the ancient Egyptians as it arrived with the annual Nile floods and the Egyptians gave them credit for these floods. ” ( source ).

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Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2024

The COTF is based in Eilat, Israel, the southernmost edge of Israel along the Red Sea, a very narrow part in which Jordan and Egypt are only a few miles apart. So, when we competed in BirdLife Israel’s Champions of the Flyway (COTF) in 2023, I knew I had to take my chance to visit Jordan and Petra.

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Jordan Indiana Birds 202

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Some of the first solid research pointing to a magnetic sense of some sort in birds was being produced at that time, and there were even people testing humans for a similar ability. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. 2 PIERSMA, T.,

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Research Humane Compassion Birds 188