10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

All of the neck-strain-free birds below breed in Montana. Bald Eagle. On a horseback ride into the mountains, I saw an off-season (unoccupied) eagle’s nest in a cave. This added to the whole birds of prey experience in Big Sky country. Ask how to ‘be bear aware,’ as they say. Sharp-tailed Grouse.

Montana 151

Montana Bald Eagle Birds Bears 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2011

Such meditative birding is, for me, the heart of the experience. Unlike what you may have read, real rivers bear us ceaselessly into the future. There was plenty of time to observe the scores of Spotted Sandpipers that seemed to be everywhere along the bank, peeping and flitting and bobbing in a post-breeding season riot of abundance.

Bald Eagle 169

Bald Eagle Rescue Dogs Cooking 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100