Animal Person
DECEMBER 17, 2009
Black Bear. In short order I would return to New York to pursue a doctorate in Applied Linguistics at New York University, where at least I would be able to obtain a fellowship and rack up only $40,000 of debt. I had developed the arrogant attitude that my existential plight was unique among humans.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2018
It recently popped up before my eyes again, in New York Times reporting on the ‘insect apocalypse’ – the catastrophic decline in the populations of common arthropods that has gone largely unnoticed til recently, despite the fact that these species are load-bearing beams in our environmental infrastructure.
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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.
10,000 Birds
MAY 31, 2013
She lives with her handler, wildlife rehabilitator Lisa Acton, in upstate New York. 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. Xena is always calm and dignified. “The
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2019
Birds may have taken to these artificial perches like ducks to water, but human reactions to the newfangled poles and wires were hardly as appreciative, especially in the early day. Quite aside of aesthetic concerns, this new infrastructure could be dangerous as well – even deadly. As Daniel L. Yet they are ours. We made them.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
Because of its large contiguous stand of bottomland hardwood forest, Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge was designated as critical habitat and serves as a corridor for the Louisiana black bear between Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge and Red River Wildlife Management Area. New Jersey/New York.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
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