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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo. Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Photo by Paul Huber. Photos courtesy of iStock.

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