10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2021
That unwanted yet predictable final bit of killing cold weather was and is why most of the colorful insectivores, the true birds of summer, remained far to the south until May. Baltimore Oriole- one of the more common wintering birds in Costa Rica.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
I am taking a sip of coffee, my eyes following an impossibly colourful Kill-Bill ( Keel-billed) Toucan , flying against the background of the Irazu Volcano slopes and, farther to the right, water-vapour ‘smoking’ Turrialba Volcano on the horizon. Some years later, he returned to Rancho for a few months as a volunteer.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The Rufous-capped Warbler is also there and now that the northern winter has taken hold, we have daily visits of Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee, Yellow, and Chestnut-sided Warblers. I was just minding my own business, not expecting a thing but the kill still happened.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2018
This is why the Yellow Warblers and Baltimore Orioles of summer don’t linger to experience October 31st, and even late fall migrants like kinglets and sparrows move to slightly warmer regions. Dressed to kill, the deadly Bat Falcon eats more than bats. Spectacled Owl. Not convinced? HONORABLE MENTIONS. Bat Falcon.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2013
Seed eaters looking for the next kill. Checked my BirdAlird when I was in Baltimore. You may argue that they don’t wreak the same havoc with the indigenous species as do the two aforementioned invasives, but that would be a rather avicentric view. Willets used to nest here. Then came the Chukars. To miss the Chattanooga Chukar.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
He doesn’t recognize the public health and ecological harms caused by industrial food animal production methods, including increased antibiotic resistance, polluted drinking water, huge fish kills and impaired air quality leading to respiratory illness. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. We kill so many living creatures when we build a house, construct a road, drive down that road or just walk on a path. But even then if we were to survive we would have to kill some animals in self-defense.
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