10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This is a bit of a rabbit hole, however, and you may find yourself, as I did, spending the day watching videos of Superb Lyrebirds singing and Kea Parrots making snowballs. If you want more of a visual counterpart, you can read The Bird Way next to your computer or with smartphone in hand.

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Science Birds Costa Rica Research 204

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Arctic Hare also were largely ignored by predators and bred, well, like rabbits. Apparently without fidelity to a specific mate, although pairs will soon move off and establish, and defend, their own territory to raise their litter. Foraging Arctic Hare This time of year, April, is when the Arctic Hare are most evident up here.

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Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 196