10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Reading over my email from that period, I can’t believe I ended up there at all–I was working on a chaotic project at work, the economy was in crisis (well, the economy is always in crisis, but this was the summer of 2011, as in Black Monday crisis), and the tour itself was not confirmed till two months before the start date.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
2011 is about to become 2012 and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the awesome sightings and devastating dips that they have experienced. On Seymour Island, my group witnessed a very human-like interaction amongst three boobies , one female and two males.
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Animal Ethics
APRIL 19, 2016
"There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally. Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career. Did the model work?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 24, 2011
The Common Raven in these pictures was photographed at a picnic area in Olympic National Park in August of 2011. It was scavenging in the picnic areas and was more than willing to accept handouts from those who offered them and to steal from inattentive or unwary picnickers that left food unattended.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. I shall not tolerate such nonsense.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet.
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