10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2013

Rehabbers have to grin and bear it during baby season; we raise incredibly cute wild birds behind masks, give them no human attention, and make sure they bond with each other and not us. And considering Eagle Owls are capable of taking down young deer, we don’t want her throwing too many tantrums. Check out her Facebook page.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 167

Wildlife Rehabilitation Raised Eagles Owls 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2011

There are many reasons to visit Doodletown Road in Bear Mountain State Park, a jewel of a park in Rockland County, New York. It certainly isn’t the poison ivy, deer flies, and mosquitoes that bring you to Doodletown Road though all three flourish in the friendly environs.

Rattlesnake 161

Rattlesnake Deer New York Bears 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The forest grows on the new lakeshore and it, too, is a mere 15 years old, but already provides an important corridor for large mammals such as Roe Deer and even Brown Bears , which sometimes come down to feed on beans. The lake water level dropped 10 metres in only 15 years and I was now driving along the old lakeshore.

Greece 252

Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Even the ones that bear the same plumage as their progenitors, however, can usually be distinguished by their larger bulk. Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Wicked, right?

Geese 145

Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2012

The numbers we have wintering in Britain are certainly bearing that out. We stopped to watch two Roe Deer across the field and I caught the movement of an owl gliding low away from us. Every bit of rough grassland seems to have one or two in temporary residence.

Barn Owls 180

Barn Owls Finland Owls Portugal 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

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2011 Deer Fish New York 152

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. On a branch above the road, one Black-winged Kite is scratching its throat and… we brake! The Telia Lake.

Tigers 244

Tigers India Killing 2012 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The crowd of macaws is soon joined by parrots arriving as if on cue and bearing their colorfully named body parts: Yellow-crowned , Blue-headed , White-bellied , Orange-cheeked , and Mealy – followed by two species of parakeets – Dusky-headed and White-eyed. Wicked, right?

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 1, 2008

The preciousness of individual deer, as of any other specimen, is inversely proportional to the population of the species. As omnivores, the population of human beings should, perhaps, be roughly twice that of bears, allowing for differences of size.

Animal Liberation 40

Animal Liberation Morals Ethics Deer 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

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. ( They support such a diversity of habitats that the ecosystems are comparable to traveling from Mexico to Canada (National Forest Foundation).

Arizona 141

Arizona Tucson Birds North America 141

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

At 3-4 inches long , they rival those of the great Grizzly Bear, and allow the Harpy Eagles to go after prey unavailable to many other birds. These eagles are known to take down Howler Monkeys, baby deer, and sloths, just to name a few of their favorite meals. Like Woods, I can’t get over their talons.

Panama 100

Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

Mammals were mostly represented by Mule Deer and a handful of debatable Elk. Sometimes a little too confiding, like the Wild Turkey that wandered out into the road in front of us and brought us to a stop for nearly a minute. We also spotted Raven , Bald Eagle , Black-billed Magpie , and the inevitable Canada Goose.

ALA 160

ALA Bald Eagle Mules Turkey 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

2011 182

2011 Deer India New York 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

2011 210

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Lawrence, is the “Strangest Island in the World,” where, in a biotic reversal, introduced deer (who ate berries) chased away the bears, and where introduced frogs made the island, weirdly, a watery northern wilderness without many bugs. Anticosti, in the Gulf of St. And, yes, he discusses the pestilent starling, as well.).

Humane 103

Humane Species North America Sparrows 103

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic.

Owls 135

Owls Russia Fish Research 135

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. This was not a very successful prank, especially since we had just encountered a large cinnamon-colored black bear which was much more interesting, even to a birder.

Rattlesnake 164

Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 164