10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

A family motel and passion for responsible ecotourism brought her home to the Oregon Coast where she and her husband, Erik, adventure and record a podcast ( Hannah and Erik Go Birding ), created in an effort to inspire others to get out and bird. I learned of the trip right as it had been delayed and made a vow that I would be on that ship.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh Powell is a science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We’ll go on a pelagic trip and you can wave at albatrosses. And I, like some dowager countess in a birding vest, am expected to know each one’s family at a glance and greet them by name. This is his first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Come to Peru, they said.

Peru 255

Peru Birds South America Owls 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

And if you look into it enough, it presents a classic case where science can fail us. I think this ridiculously happy looking Laysan Albatross was as stoked as it appears. I believe in science. Science is based on logic and evidence, which I think is a very respectable way to look at the world.

Emotional 248

Emotional Science Birds Mammals 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

As in the first edition, all bird images for all species are drawn facing or flying right. In the case of hawks, this often means flying up and to the right, and in the case of White-breasted Nuthatch, this means facing down and to the right. But, always to the right. I wish we had the equivalent for color.

North America 258

North America Birds Species America 258