10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2018
1978, for reference, was the year of my birth. There’s a certain suburbanization of the natural as well as the human world. I would be the last person on earth to complain about the creatures who have adjusted to living in our cities and towns – they provide a vital link between human and wild.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them. The exploiter/developer pays.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2019
With enough imagination and superstition, some birds can be absolutely frightening – as the multitude of spooky fowl haunting the darkest corners of human culture throughout history will attest. Of course, when I write about frightening birds, I mean spooky birds at night in cemeteries – I’m not referring to genuine ornithophobia.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. The Latin name “frontalis” (meaning, as you can guess, something like “frontal”) referring to the distinct black forehead makes more sense.
Animal Person
MAY 12, 2009
If you pay attention you realize who likes whom, who's a loner, where the nests are, and that, for instance, Muscovy ducks like those above have routines and rituals that involve seeking, pleasure, sun bathing, lots of grooming, and if they have a certain personality, a desire to connect with those around them, including humans.
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. Why are they still allowed in the United States?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
The Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita is an abundant species with an impressive global range that stretches from the West of Europe across Siberia to Russia’s far East, just falling short of reaching the Bering Straits by a laughable 800 kilometres, a fact one individual apparently found too awkward to bear. Enter hell’s gate!
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