Experiments Family Turkey 
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 28, 2015
In other words, millions of people got together with family and friends for a cozy day of mashed potatoes, gravy, apple pie, naps, football, and some serious turkeyliciousness. That last little bit is also why we call it “Turkey Day”! Our final turkey is a much-wanted bird on many a birder’s target list.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. top: Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura ), bottom: Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. titled Avian relationships – What do we know? Open Jarvis et al.’s Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. Jarvis et al. Jarvis et al.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2022
A number of families exist on Trinidad but not Tobago. Most notably the family of New World Vultures. Both Black and Turkey Vultures dominate the skies on the larger island; any vulture seen on Tobago is a reportable species. Here, a Black Vulture is perched at the zenith, uninterested in the camera. American Flamingo.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2022
A surplus of quality birding experiences kept me from making my reports, which is embarrassing. I will start by telling you about encounters in Turkey with two special bird families. I really should have encountered these families in Mexico, as they both occur here. Turkey can get really hot in the summer. (It
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2023
As such, it offers some unique birding experiences. Since I have limited experience with eastern Mexico, and even less experience with tropical species, I enthusiastically accepted. Much more surprising, however, is that freshwater snails are also the preferred food for a local member of the hawk family. Good choice!
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day." And of course if you correct someone and say "Dead Turkey Day," you're "buzzkill," or imposing your beliefs or being judgmental. Everyone clearly doesn't include the turkey and the other animals on the table. Is anyone proactive?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.
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