10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience. Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds. The individual I am pictured holding ( above ) was a friendly bird that (rather like a dog) seemed happy to be handled.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2022
I do not (yet) have any accessibility issues, and my only experience regarding anything akin to accessibility has been limited to the period when my daughter was in a stroller, which presents only a tiny sliver of the challenges faced by many. The refuge has an impressive visitor center that opened in 2008, so it is ADA compliant.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia watches him in half-amusement, then raises and gives a low, bull-like roar, provoking the lapwings to an excited screech, makes a few steps and lies down. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. The other two are motionless.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2011
I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood. Since 2000 Adam has been the sole owner and managing director of Rockjumper and has also founded Indri – Ultimate Mammal Voyages (2008) and Oryx – Worldwide Photographic Safaris (2010).
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 9, 2009
NYSE: KR) have teamed up to launch the second annual “ Tales for the Pet Lover’s Heart ” campaign, celebrating the unique bond between people and their pets, while raising funds for animal welfare organizations nationwide. It was a privilege to work with Purina and Kroger in 2008 to share my story about the bond that my dogs and I share.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). As you can imagine, I was champing at the bit to get to this lost paradise and when I finally obtained the necessary permissions in 2008, it didn’t fail to astonish!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2014
The ugly truth is that this stuff doesn’t usually go public in any big way, but the birding record is filled with references to sketchy sightings, lists that are looked upon with raised eyebrows, and even a few cases of outright fraud. We are not immune. What happens if you get caught. It’s your reputation.
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