10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2011
The “hoary&# part of their common name refers to the extremely pale fur on their back. And marmots, of course, are nothing but pretentious groundhogs, so the name Whistle Pig seems like an extremely fair appellation.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
By the way, and for point of reference) there are some 47 million active American birders. As Marra and Santella note, tens of millions of people have “a deep bond and connection with cats” precisely because they’re a little bit wild, among a multitude of other reasons including soft fur, cuddliness, and playfulness.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2015
Although it was formerly abundant and geographically widespread, Trumpeter Swan numbers and distribution were greatly reduced during the early fur trade and European settlement of North America (1600’s to 1800’s), when it was prized for its skins and primary feathers 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1bx7Ic2FY. v=kq1bx7Ic2FY.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. Others, my favorites, show the species within the habitat: breaching Humpback Whales, a Reindeer confronting a King Penguin (below), an elevated view of a beach full of breeding Fur Seals.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
Formerly known as Jackass Penguins , a reference to their strange braying calls, African Penguins have become the unofficial mascots of marine conservation in the region. Sharks, Cape Fur Seals and even Killer Whales will prey on them in the ocean. And I recently returned to my home-town to get reacquainted with these little beauties.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2011
The double-barrel name comes from the Maori and Pakeha names for the island, like many places where one or the other hasn’t won out the island is referred to in all instances as both. Red-crowned Parakeet foraging near a New Zealand Fur Seal. I’ll work on that.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2011
In nature, you’ve got your leathery skin (like elephants or crocodiles), you’ve got your fur (like beavers and red deer), you’ve got your scales (like fish and pangolins) and you’ve got your feathers (like many theropod dinosaurs … oh, and birds). In words, modern birds are called Neornithes.
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