10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa. And that’s just in the lowlands!

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 17, 2007

9): Gail Collins writes: “Human-ape conversation was a very hot topic back in the late 1960s, when researchers first taught a chimpanzee named Washoe to use sign language. The Great Ape Trust is the only place in America where this kind of research still goes on.” They're wild animals! Wild animals should be left alone.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Apes Georgia 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Howell’s Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide, previously reviewed here. There are eleven types of plant habitats, including Bog, Mire, and four kinds of grasslands. I found this all out on websites not affiliated with this book.

Georgia 174

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. to a high of 11%.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254