10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Eventually everyone made it to their computer, and created the Summer of 2013 Rehabber’s Wish List: Money. Change in Law. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

Wildlife 240

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 240

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals. Now you know.

Russia 164

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 164

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

The now sadly retired 10,000 Birds blog writer Redgannet already covered the New Holland Honeyeater in a post published in 2013. A more obvious explanation would have been that the bird is named for its discoverer, the Scottish naturalist Sir Edward Alexander Laughing (1740-1806). I am pretty sure I would not have liked him.

Australia 147

Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their products in the near future. You may think these are extreme situations but we don’t have great laws in place for drones yet.

Bald Eagle 190

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

America 221

America Industry Squirrels Birds 221

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

First there’s a story about the Madison Audubon Society ending up in court because of an election to vote in new officers and one person recruited over a 100 new members and signed them up the night of the annual meeting and ousted out the expected election offices which of course was followed by a law suit.

Family 156

Family Beavers Minnesota Sparrows 156

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I don’t really understand why this 15-page section is included in a book already bursting at the seams. Conservation is, of course, very important, but the species accounts already indicate this information. I wish they had provided more background on how this guide came about and what each of their contributions was.

Ireland 140

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140