10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Of course, there was conventional classroom time spent on topics such as mechanics of flight, metabolism, digestion, nest building, egg production, and so forth. And, of course, many colleges and universities have undergraduate and graduate level ornithology courses. But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2017
Of course, my eyes were always peeled for birds, and we had already spotted a Pied-billed Grebe , Allen’s Hummingbird , and more. Nest-building must have been on their agenda, for they hopped this way and that with delicate moss bits hanging from their tiny beaks. Still, a lifebird was on the way.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2011
An outing with an eighteen-month-old and two non-birders as participants can’t be focused entirely on birds, of course, but as we walked along I could certainly listen to what was singing. No, I have no such diabolical agendas! Fortunately for me, there were birds around too! Pure coincidence! Then he insisted on being put down.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2016
And, let me tell you, it was an amazing trip with gorgeous scenery, lots of cool mammals, and, of course, a whole big bunch of birds! The birds weren’t high on the agenda while we were in Wyoming but I still managed to see some. I didn’t have much light to work with but a male Western Tanager can’t be ignored.
Animal Person
MARCH 24, 2010
Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2022
” Of course, I birded every moment I could. This visit to southern Spain, however, fell in the middle of raptor migration, so flamingos were not on my agenda. A Jordanian head cold settled in, and turned into low-level bronchitis. It took me an extra week to get back to normal. “How was your vacation, Paul and Angie?”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2014
Defenders of the gun club accused me of lying, of distorting facts, of being anti-hunting, of being an animal rights activist, of being allied with the dreaded Friends of Animals, of hiding my true agenda (gun control), and of being unconcerned that animal lovers were supposedly threatening members of the gun club with death.
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