10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
In an aviary, I watched as a young bird regaining strength turned on her perch and faced the offshore breeze, spread her nine foot wingspan, and simply lifted from her perch, more levitation than powered flight. Less than 2000 grams – more sail, it seems, than bird. I wish I had seen the bird. I’m glad we lived.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
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. This represents 6% of the estimated mid-continental spring population of 322,700 birds for the same two decades. to a high of 11%.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2012
No human can divine what a mated pair of geese or eagles may feel for one another, but stories abound of birds,especially Canada Geese , who spurned all offers from members of the opposite sex for years after a mate was killed. The birds had roosted together each night in a single soft clump of feathers. Would they return?
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