10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

They will list ten or twenty or fifty titles, and will include, inevitably, Hunter Biden’s autobiography, and Volume 12 of Barack Obama’s, and other such works. They were named for the Isle of Man but are no longer found there – the arrival of the brown rat ruined that home for them. (But Absent mishap, they will live for fifty years.

West Virginia 227

West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 227

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters. The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others.

Antigua and Barbuda 237

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

We actually spent considerable time searching unsuccessfully for this highly sought-after bird; however I did suspect they were not gone, as several hunters I interviewed knew the bird and claimed it still existed. Whilst in Atewa Range Forest Reserve, a hunter passed us deep in the forest and I asked him to show us his night’s catch.

Ghana 204

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 204

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Since European settlement there has been the loss of at least 23 species and sub-species of birds.

Species 178

Species Australia Birds Parrots 178