10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2017

Near Summit Lake we have been able to witness Williamson’s Sapsuckers ( Sphyrapicus thyroideus ) raising their young in a snag near the campground. American Coots ( Fulica americana ) raise their young at the park also. You would be hard pressed to miss the boisterous Steller’s Jay ( Cyanocitta stelleri ).

Woodpeckers 101

Woodpeckers Sacramento Raised Squirrels 101

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.).

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North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

And then there’s the Cuban Tody, gaudy in lime green, white, and red, with touches of pink and yellow and blue, tiny enough to be mistaken for a stuffed toy except for its propensity to fly up as soon as I press the focus button. The bird flies around our group, alights onto a bush and, just as I raise my camera, dives into the bush.

Cuba 158

Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 158

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 7, 2008

By forgoing meat in our diets, we can reduce, if not eliminate, this massive suffering of animals, merely through bringing market forces to bear upon factory farming.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Slaughter 40

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. But Mars’s character is less about being an eagle and more about the fact that he was stolen from his nest, raised in captivity, and now considers almost all of mankind – except Luna – to be his enemy.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 249

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 249

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

to have and raise children. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? Congratulations to them and many thanks to the many, many participants of each phase of this fun, fun, fun giveaway as well as Richard Crossley and our friends at Princeton University Press !

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 205

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hallé, ‘Atlas Poetic Botanic’, edition MIT Press, 2018). I sat for hours, dreamily watching those rocks raising to the sky, covered by the dense primary vegetation of this subtropical area. I was conversing with the birds of Guangxi through my drawings. Bird list (not exhaustive) based on IOC World Bird Names version 11.2:

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Birds China Emotional Vietnam 189