10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2018

To celebrate this minor listing milestone, I chose a 2015 Cabernet by Sand Point Family Vineyards of Acampo, California, whose logo is an adorable California Quail sitting on a swing (we can presumably eliminate the similar Gambel’s Quail by range here). Sand Point Family Vineyards: Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 (Lodi Appellation).

2015 113

2015 San Diego Family California Condor 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

That’s quite the list of charismatic and unique wildlife to add to your potential list of sightings. Ok, maybe not the vampire bat…but some of the more “cuddly” species are actually quite easy to see. Giant anteaters are just one of the wildlife highlights of the Rupununi.

Guyana 277

Guyana Otters South America Colombia 277

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

I asked a group of wildlife rehabilitators: “What are some of the Worst Bird Myths? Bats just love to fly into human hair!” An injured or orphaned bird must be taken to a wildlife rehabilitator as soon as humanly possible, or they will have little chance of surviving. Feel free to vent!”. Porcupines throw their quills!

Wildlife Rehabilitation 172

Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

In fact, it’s hard to think of a wildlife watching activity I’m more conflicted about, other than perhaps alomost industrial levels of diving in fragile reefs (or the remains thereof). On the one hand it can be an outstanding opportunity to see wildlife you usually don’t, and if done carefully it doesn’t do any harm.

Badgers 154

Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2014

The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. The river is a stronghold of the endangered Storm’s Stork , a stunning member of the family, and I saw at least one every day I was there. What a bird!

Rhinoceros 167

Rhinoceros Apes Elephants Monkeys 167

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

An autographed batting helmet from Philadelphia Phillies player and 2011 MLB All-Star Shane Victorino. An autographed batting helmet from Philadelphia Phillies player and 2011 MLB All-Star Shane Victorino. list courtesy of JGI press release}. Online bidding is open to the public through November 9, 2011.

Wisconsin 100

Wisconsin 2011 Philadelphia Bats 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

2011 151

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151