10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2013
And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. And so, the goats grew small and nimble, shy and drought-tolerant, through natural selection. And so, these goats ate the flora of the island: unique species of Indian paintbrush and woodland star, bushmallow and wirelettuce and morning glory.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2016
In addition to the Grizzly Bears , I was able to photograph Woodland Buffalo , squirrels, deer, Red Fox , and even a herd of Yaks. I am sure there is a regulation that requires any article that covers Alaska, must include a Bald Eagle , so here is mine. Fox Sparrow. Well, I guess I just have to go back! Common Redpoll.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. Syngenta warns that “Talon” is “hazardous to dogs, cats, pigs, poultry and other wildlife.”
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Once it began to warm up a bit, Black-capped Chickadees, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Gold-crowned Sparrows, Fox (sooty) Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Spotted Towhees, Brown Creepers, Marsh Wrens, and House Wrens all can be seen easily from different parts of the boardwalk. These were my first Fox Sparrows of the year.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
The author, conservation biologist Caroline Fox, is observing the albatross’s shadow to the side of the boat. Fox notes the albatross in her “soaking-wet notebook” and watches it circle and fly back into the masking glare. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. The foxes wreaked havoc on nesting birds, and island by island the geese disappeared, until it seemed that they were gone for good. That would have been awful.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
So last night, for reasons that seemed good to me at the time, I decided to watch the pilot of the new Kurtzman/Orci show Sleepy Hollow (Mondays, 9/8 Central on Fox.) And that confusion, as often as not, results in someone calling something an eagle when it is not an eagle. People have heard of eagles.
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