10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ Marybeth Lima tells her birding and personal stories in straightforward, honest language that never skimps on detail (sometimes a bit too much detail) but never overflows on emotion.
Critter News
MARCH 10, 2009
I responded to a post on animalblog that cited a recent article in the journal "Proceedings" of the National Academy of Sciences. Many people feel very uncomfortable with animal testing, even scientists I think, which is why they often get so emotional and defensive about their research.
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Critter News
MARCH 22, 2011
Here's an article from the Telegraph regarding chickens feeling empathy. The research is from the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol. I used to hate chickens as a child and thought they were irritating.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2023
Chris’s recent New York Times article, “ Three Years After a Fateful Day in Central Park, Birding Continues to Change My Life ,” adapted from this book, encapsulates that essence. It is not what I expected, totally. It is a skillfully, beautifully written book about finding joy and spirituality in nature and birds.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2014
We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2011
Some ill-informed American wannabe birder pretended to “ clear things up &# recently – causing concerns and chaos in the process - but thankfully rational and science-based heads in Germany prevailed and delivered the hard facts in the case. Of course, and as usual, the UK birders are late to the party and just won’t get it.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2011
And if you look into it enough, it presents a classic case where science can fail us. I believe in science. Science is based on logic and evidence, which I think is a very respectable way to look at the world. But what many people fail to realize, and too often scientists themselves, is that science is elastic.
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