10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In the midst of a global pandemic, medical professionals have been heralded as heroes, with some even rising to the status of pop culture icons – even as some supposedly advanced nations have been plummeting into the depths of anti-science superstition lately. I can think of no higher honor.

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Jamaica Detroit Birds Medical 266

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

I come from a family where the worse the situation, the faster and more furiously the wisecracks fly, so I suppose I’m hardwired to look for humor. And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. Perch Press (March 24, 2020). The book is darkly funny.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 245

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 223

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

They live in air-conditioned quarters and cared for in the most modern of avian medical facilities, with its own ophthalmology wing and intensive care unit. a close childhood friend of Lendrum’s, Howard Waller, breeds falcons for Sheikh Butti bin Maktoum, a member of the Dubai royal family. The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 198