9 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Last Sunday afternoon we travelled out of town to once again bird from our vehicle across the flooded highway across Roebuck Plains. There are still many Egrets and the Magpie...
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Airplane-Bird Strikes

16 days ago | Ornithology

Orville Wright hit a bird with the Wright Flyer while flying over an Ohio cornfield in 1905. On October 4, 1960, Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 struck a flock of European...
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Magpie Geese breed near Broome once again

22 days ago | 10,000 Birds

In the past, when we have had a lot of rainfall in the Broome area during our wet season we have had the arrival of high numbers of Magpie Geese. In 2017 the arrival of the...
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Costa Rica's Signature Parakeet

7 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

Every place has its common birds, the species that do very well in a given habitat. As we like to say, these are species that are “hard to miss”, birds that, if you are...
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Spectacled Petrel Surprise- New Species for Costa Rica!

One year ago | 10,000 Birds

Despite what some outdated sources claim, the list of bird species reported for Costa Rica is much more than 860. Since the 1990s, thanks to higher numbers of observers...
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Hypothalamus-pituitary axis transcriptomic modification dependent on growth rate in geese

One year ago | Animal Genetics

The graphical abstact was made in ©BioRender - biorender.com based on BioRender Standard Academic License. Summary The hypothalamus-pituitary axis is involved in digest...
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The Gas Station Bird

One year ago | 10,000 Birds

Above is a gorgeous photo of a Cooper's Hawk by Ingrid Taylar. The bird is just chilling out, waiting for the urge to fly. The bird below is also waiting, but not to fly. He is...
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Snow Geese in Florida

2 years ago | 10,000 Birds

By their very name, most would assume you can't spot Snow Geese in Florida. The Sunshine State isn't known for its massive snow drifts, nor for the massive flocks of Snow Geese...
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Janet Turner, Bird Artist

2 years ago | Ornithology

Snow Geese The following is from my latest book, The Art of the Bird: The History of Ornithological Art through Forty Artists. Janet Turner was one of the artists I discussed...
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Springtime in Canada Geese Country

2 years ago | 10,000 Birds

Normally, I don't look forward to seeing the Canada Geese on the lake near my Florida home. There are too many for the size of the water body, and they don't migrate. Did I...
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Breeding Crested Pigeons in Broome

Crested Pigeons - Ocyphaps lophotes are very widespread throughout Australia and can easily be observed in Broome on the streetlights on a wintery morning. The Crested Pigeons... Read more ...

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Australian Spotted Crakes near Broome