10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They didn’t, of course, have the luxury of the fantastic modern optics we take for granted today. He didn’t, as far as I know, have any connections to the slave trade, but not only did he go off with another man’s wife, leading to being court-martialled and thrown out of the army, he also suffered the indignity of being sued by his own son.

Falcons 234

Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 234

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity.

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2019

With Halloween just around the corner, there’s some harmless fun to be had in in indulging in a bit of playful superstition about some of our feathered friends, who – it bears repeating – are generally benign and not the least bit menacing. Good birding and happy drinking – and happy Halloween! *

2015 112

2015 Denmark California Fowl 112

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources."

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. Occasionally I’d drink way too much vodka and write my long-suffering agent long diatribes with the subject line SHALL I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE BEING A WRITER??? Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017. Print Length: 328 pages.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 267

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 267

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” crowned-pigeons and is thought to have been a close relative.

Solomon Islands 278

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278