Alaska Animal Killing Owls 
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
A number of years ago I was granted the privilege of flying into the Kuparuk Oil Field, above the Arctic Circle in the remote regions of the North Slope Borough in Alaska. The newest find of this extremely scarce bird was a male, and was “collected” (an innocent-sounding euphemism for “killed”) for the American Museum of Natural History.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2018
When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. Eleven million gallons of oil suffocated 1,300 miles of shoreline in my beloved Alaska. Also opposed to that wall: The Owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
How much do you know about owls? I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read. I don’t think so.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
— and link that to something abut the Great Grey Owl and my BFF Analiese Miller who is an amazing, emerging, photographer who has recently trained her 300mm Cannon F4 lens on the birds (including the Great Grey) at Sax Zim. They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. we allow limited (by season and bag limits) hunting on populations of game animals that can sustain it. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?
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