10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Well, a dog named Chaser and her beloved owner “Pop-pop” are challenging what science thinks about dogs and language with a vocabulary of 1000 words! The story of Chaser actually begins with Yasha, the faithful companion of John Pilley, emeritus professor of psychology at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2013

I haven’t been birding yet in 2013. The three convicted men were self-described poor white trash, variously high school dropouts, mentally handicapped, psychologically troubled, and interested in the standard 80′s trappings of the heavy-metal occult. This, to me, is the perfect meeting of what C.

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