10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

(The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) Alas, only 12 plants remain from that season, victims of my inexperienced care. This oak was my first success with collected acorns.

ALA 183

ALA 2016 Free Range Livestock 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2022

My first experiments involved rooting cuttings of several of Michoacán’s dozens of Salvia species. All were started from collected seeds. Alas, I have found no viable acorns anywhere this past year — just as I am figuring out how to get oak seedlings to survive. These days, money is not so much of an issue.

Mexico 217

Mexico Collecting ALA Sparrows 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2018

It was with a mix and horror and skepticism that I first read about the unholy marriage of Peeps and beer recently perpetrated by Fort Worth brewers The Collective Brewing Project and their partners in this crime at Lone Star Taps & Caps. Certainly – before this review, at least – I had never actually bought a box.

Fort Worth 114

Fort Worth ALA Texas Investigation 114

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2014

The star of such huge concentrations is the massive Jabiru , towering over a diverse collection of South American waterbirds such as Sunbittern , Plumbeous Ibis , and Southern Screamer. The incredible lighting at dawn in the Pantanal is an experience in of itself. Alas, it was over too soon. I must mention one thing.

Brazil 165

Brazil Birds Blackbirds Paraguay 165