10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. Marie Read’s photographs first came to my attention through her photographs and articles in Living Bird, the magazine of the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

Note: This is an account, originally published in June 2006, of my quest to remove a jinx bird from my bird-watching soul. I raised a bottle of beer in its honor, then headed for my hotel, satisfied that the day was mine. Here is my story about a quest for the Connecticut Warbler.–Bill –Bill Thompson III.

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Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 176

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, his eyes following the falling water.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254