10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

She lives part-time in Uruguay and is co-director of the Fiction Meets Science program at the University of Bremen, Germany, which seeks to bridge the “two cultures” of science and literature. Yes, that’s right – she adds an epilogue. The novel works, mostly, and who better than Gaines to make it so?

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Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 179

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2011

And you are absolutely spot-on right in having finally worked out what this post will be about (lesson 2) … Treecreeper Identification The Treecreepers are creepy creatures outside North America. Easy, right? Despite being taken in Europe, this image exemplifies why forest birding in North America might soon be rated NC-17.

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North America Europe Asia America 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Germany had lost one of its most promising ornithological researchers, and one of its most active birders. Wicked, right? And the sudden death of Andreas Helbig, a bit more than half a year later at the age of 48, was nothing short of a shock. SIGH Well, I guess I should apologize for hijacking your post. I am clearly not.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Breeding 157

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Those readers with slightly morbid interests might want to seek out a paper in the Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences describing the case of heavy mixed infection of Golden Pheasants by Heterakis isolonche and H. ” (source: Fritz Hillenbrand, Underground Humour in Nazi Germany: 1933-1945, Routledge: London).

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Pandas Phoenix Science Research 130

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Then again, why would anyone name a bird after a botanist, let alone one I only just made up right now? In the right light, the male Common Pheasant can look ridiculously attractive. I should also point out that contrary to popular belief, the Common Starling is not named after Edward Common (1858-1892), the English botanist.

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Birds Europe Science Illinois 245

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

I may have said this before, but thrushes always remind me a bit of German housewives – robust and reliable, but not particularly graceful (there is a reason I live in China and not in Germany). I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird.

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Eggs Birds Bangladesh China 263