10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

But best of all — the thing that shows, surely, that he was born under a lucky star, is this: he’s now (as of 2005, when he migrated, permanently, to Ohio) — a Buckeye. Not only has he authored multiple field guides, and prose works, too (such as the classic coming-of-age-as-a-birder story, Kingbird Highway ).

Ohio 197

Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2011

I and the Bird , you may know, has served as the biweekly showcase of the best bird web writing around the world published since July 2005. I can respect that; after all, how many of the elements of online life in 2005 still exist unchanged today ( insert outdated technology here… I can’t remember back that far ) or at all?

Birds 175

Birds 2005 Phoenix Adoptable 175

Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2011

She was adopted immediately, but returned almost as quickly because the people didn't realize how inconvenient diabetes can be. We spent the end of 2004 and beginning of 2005 getting fired by vet after vet. Of course, that also rendered her defective and she was therefore immediately "discarded." Violet was just under four-years old.

Vet 100

Vet Greyhounds 2004 2005 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Having said that, my sentimental journey started without a plan, more by accident, on an AGM of BirdLife Slovenia in Ljubljana in 2005. Hence, I had to adopt a new one. Deafened by the best rock Yugoslavia ever produced and blinded by the freedoms we enjoyed – paradoxically, without democracy, I couldn’t see it. And I become a Birder.

Bosnia 142

Bosnia Croatia Herzegovina Slovenia 142

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. However, with only “Rubber&# people had no idea what I meant.

Ducks 142

Ducks 2011 New York New York City 142