10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Next Thursday is the American Thanksgiving holiday – which means it’s time to trot out that old legend concerning Benjamin Franklin’s opinions on two iconic American birds: The Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) and the Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ). Except that it didn’t really happen that way, exactly.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2019
A couple of the songs are sung, not from the human point of view, but from the bird’s – or maybe from both at the same time, as with “Bald Eagle.” When Seymour woke from hers, she remembers, she heard a whooshing sound at either ear, and tuned both ways to see Bald Eagles – they were flying and she was flying with them. “I
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 28, 2013
Benjamin Franklin disapproved of the selection of the Bald Eagle as our national bird, calling it “a Bird of bad moral Character.” Turkeys can see in color but have poor night vision. ” Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at 10,000 Birds!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
There is a major difference: the Raptors guides are photographic and the Birds of Prey guides are illustrated with Wheeler’s paintings, over 1,000 images in each guide, organized with logical precision for reference, research, and comparison, with a self-evident side benefit–the portrayal of the beauty of raptors.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2015
He waved me down and I braced myself, expecting him to point out any of the several Bald Eagles I had already spotted. It was in the company of some Sandhill Cranes , birds that looked drab and uninspiring by comparison. ” Was I? Yes, dear fisherman, yes! I sat for quite some time, scoping the bird.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Both parks are pretty and well-attended but comparisons essentially should stop there. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus at Carkeek Park But Seattle has far more than just Discovery Park! Discovery Park is not in the middle of Seattle but way out to the north in the Magnolia neighborhood.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
The Ravens – at least, I presume they were the same pair – swept into view again, this time engaged with a different foe – a juvenile Bald Eagle. If the Osprey made the Ravens look big, the Eagle shrunk them down by comparison.
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