10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2013
The Friends of the Marine Science Center sponsor several pelagic trips every year out of Ponce de Leon Inlet to explore the deep ocean waters around the Gulfstream in search of many of these pelagic species. One of many Leatherback Sea Turtles seen on a pelagic trip out of Ponce de Leon Inlet.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch. They look almost exactly like a mark we found on an ancient extinct giant turtle bone several years ago, dated to about 2.3 Science did not let us solidify that claim.
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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 19, 2015
a, Expression of Fgf8 and Lef1 and adult skeletal phenotypes in reptiles, showing ancestral paired gene expression preceding small, paired premaxillae in turtles and alligators and median zone of expression preceding elongate, fused premaxillae in birds. Well, maybe a little better than that but not much.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2012
NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. From what airports should one sally forth during a layover of many hours? Better yet, what airports are worth converting that layover to a full-fledged stopover of 24 hours or more?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. There is a lot of science here to explain. Pickrell puts the pieces together in 11 chapters.
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