10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2024

There is a book on the species, but it is out of print and seems impossible to find even in online secondhand bookstores. If (like me) you want to feel bad about it, you may want to read the review of the book here. Even the review has some interesting information – for example, a major predator of eagle nests is the Brown Bear.

Eagles 131

Eagles Sea Lions Bears Russia 131

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I have a fascinating little reference book called Whose Bird? It notes that there are around 1,000 people who have had birds named after them, but no fewer than three of them – Frank Linsly James, Eugenio Prince Ruspoli and Johan August Wahlberg – were killed by elephants, not a common form of death.

Falcons 239

Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 239

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Add more than 350 pairs of White Pelicans to that picture, numerous herons and up to 700 pairs of Pygmy Cormorants breeding in the same reedbeds (cover photo)… It must be bursting with activity in spring, but I was there in mid-September. Have you heard of it? Can you pinpoint it on a map?

Greece 252

Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. Those are the final words of the book. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. The book, like the opening scene, is a deft combination of her personal observations of birds most of us rarely see, in a wild place very few people have visited, and of the natural histories of these birds. Do I need to say anything more? And, this was badly needed.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

In her book, “ On a Wing and a Prayer, “ Sarah Woods describes the bird that captured her interest when she first visited Panama: “At more than one metre tall and able to kill a monkey with a single swipe of its powerful, knife-like talons, [H]arpy [E]agles are incredibly hard to find.” A Harpy Eagle.

Panama 101

Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 101