10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. At the far end of the lake stands a tall, dry tree with an eagle that we are struggling to determine and it remains a dark silhouette far too far. The Telia Lake.

Tigers 255

Tigers India Killing 2012 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. I didn’t.).

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

After a slow start, enough chicks had been hatched and raised by 1991 to allow for the release of captive-bred condors in the wild in California. So, after bearing with that admittedly lengthy lecture on Cologne and its beer, let’s return to the condor. So, what is Kölsch, exactly? With enough room for another, of course.

California Condor 107

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 107