Writing tagged: ‘birds’
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Newsletter No. 21: ‘A large body of facts’
How Darwin politely encouraged sceptics to consider the merits of his theory—and how he was right • plus the usual recommended books and links…
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Newsletter No. 18: ‘Unnecessary irreligious deductions’
Darwin versus Mivart, plus Darwin-related links and book recommendations.
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Newsletter No. 15: ‘Darwinian associations’
…everything has a Darwin connection!
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Book review: ‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee
A celebration of gulls.
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Newsletter No. 2: ‘Writing with a dip pen’
Marking the 159th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’…
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Pulling the birds
For many years now, I have had a pet hunch that Darwinian Sexual Selection might be a far more important driver in the creation of new species than it is generally given credit for.
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How the wheatear got its name
…Including my mum’s incorrect etymology.
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Swallows feeding their young
Photos of a pair of swallows feeding their young on the power-line outside my house this evening.
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Darwin performs a blind test… on some condors
…to see how well they can smell.
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Whitethroat
They’re not particularly rare, but, for some reason, I had never seen a whitethroat until last week.
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My ridiculous hypothesis about starlings
The other week, I came up with a frankly ridiculous hypothesis (I won’t dignify it with the description ‘theory’) about starlings.
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Cold snap
A seasonal photo of a robin, taken on my traditional Christmas Eve walk yesterday.