10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2013
Henceforth, the Reading Fighting Phils will now be represented by two ostriches , who will live at the ballpark and greet visitors to the team’s games. Duck hunters and wildlife officials alike worry that the spill will affect both hunting season and migration. Ostrich image by Nicor at Wikimedia Commons). The end result?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2020
On the very last morning, after packing our van to commence our journey to Mount Kenya, we left our lodge (after negotiating our way past the resident Common Ostriches and Grey-crowned Cranes ) and made a couple stops before leaving Baringo proper. Along the track, the shimmering scarlet gorget of a Hunter’s Sunbird shone like a beacon.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2014
But you won’t find Ostrich or another ratite in first place on Jetz et al.’s The Secretarybird is a powerful, long-legged terrestrial hunter particularly well known for killing snakes by stamping them to death but also perfectly happy to consume other animal prey.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
And then, in 1996, a farmer/fossil-hunter named Li Yinfang found a unique fossil in his home province of Liaoning–a beautifully preserved turkey-sized creature that clearly had feathers. People and history come into play in “The dinosaur hunters,” a chapter on larger than life personalities such as E.D. No feathers!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. The beats have been out to line their route and cheer them along, wishing them bon voyage and a safe return next spring. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018.
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