10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2016

However, I did love the Chimney Swifts that dotted the dimming sky; or, as my cousin called them, “those bat-looking things.” Clearly House Sparrows are common here too, as a graffiti outline was painted near the famous Magazine Street! Bird graffiti near Magazine St.

Austin 100

Austin Birds Mississippi Parrots 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Pre-Internet, I got all my birding info from print magazines; and WildBird was my go-to back in the day. Up to 256 bird species, deer, black bears, foxes, big cats, Gila Monsters, and 16 species of bats call this area of southeastern Arizona home. ( Coronado National Forest. Santa Rita Mountains. Madera Canyon. Peregrine Falcon.

Arizona 145

Arizona Tucson Birds North America 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2012

When an editor asked me for a story that didn’t involve birds (his magazine had just published a story with birds the month before) I found myself stymied for months. In nonfiction, I can venture as far afield as bats, ferrets, or my grandmother, but some strange creature is de rigeur for inspiration.

Ferrets 127

Ferrets Bats 2013 Birds 127

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

Whenever I get my hands on a trade publication for any industry, my favorite thing to do is see what is being advertised in the magazine. And when it comes to field work, you can’t beat some of my office mates, like this above Indigo Bunting who serenades me when I’m changing data cards and batteries in bat detectors.

Industry 167

Industry Wildlife Coyotes Battery 167

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp. 84-85, though it’s hard to tell because there is no pagination in this section, simply plate numbers): And, here is a sample of the first two pages of the three-page Species Account for Bat Falcon (pp. John Schmitt, Oxford Univ.

Mexico 168

Mexico America North America Falcons 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Bat Falcon is a “Handsome small falcon of humid forest and edge, adjacent clearings, semi-open areas with scattered trees and forest patches; locally in towns, often at Maya ruin sites” (Belize, p. Long-billed Hermit is, “A spectacular if dull-plumaged hummer of humid forest understory…” (CR, p.

Costa Rica 220

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 220

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. Marc Bekoff wrote this article for Can Animals Save Us? ,

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100