10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. And it gave me a hope.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 181

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

In the early 1900s this plant was introduced to the beaches of New Jersey from Japan and subsequently planted on many beaches there as an erosion control plant because its prolific rhizomes stabilized the sand. A new invasive plant is threatening the beaches of Long Island, Asiatic Sand Sedge or Carex kobomugi.

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New Jersey New York New York City Japan 170

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. Random House UK, September 2013. Birds & People.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 206