10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue ! First, you get to tour one of their California centers , you get a special opportunity to see a Pelican getting its final medical exam and numbered leg band, plus you get the honor of releasing one, or in my case, two of their rehabilitated pelicans!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
Years ago it was pointed out by somebody, probably Tinbergen or Lack or Wynn-Edwards or one of the other great bird-savvy ethologists of the day, that young Pelicans would blackmail their parents by biting their own wings, a very self defeating activity for a bird with a huge and powerful beak.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Dedicated to science, conservation, and education, the reserve focuses on the smaller Weeks Bay, which in turn connects to Mobile Bay. The water popped with rising menhaden, and giant Brown Pelicans dove with watery crashes after them. I was touring the reserve for two days, and felt pumped to get out on the water. View of Weeks Bay.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. Pelicans are separate but are related to Hamerkop and Shoebill , and that group is related to herons and ibises. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Blue Jays called near the boat ramp, and a lone, juvenile Brown Pelican paddled lazily in the lapping waves. More pelicans buzzed the surface looking for an early dinner, while Willets and Sanderlings patrolled the sand for smaller meals. That my data would be used in a global citizen science event?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw. Allen’s turtle transect was 2.5
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2012
I’ve been sciencing really hard lately. It’s not an exact science, but after a few weeks you get the idea of who is just hanging out on the local thermals and who is actually going north. Sure, the AOU has the final say in whats a species, whats not, yadda yadda yadda… but who tells them what to say? But I digress.
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