10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. The photograph in local papers did not show the brand of poison, but the colors on the package were like those of D-Con. Consumer education is the only remedy.

Rats 264

Rats Rodents 2014 Pets 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Last year I reviewed The Feather Thief , an enjoyable tale centering on the use of feathers in the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying, and how that led to the theft of priceless bird skins by one obsessed young man. Ironically, only the women of one of these campaigns, the suffragette movement, have been recognized and honored.

Industry 121

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 121

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. British birder Chris Gooddie, my new birding hero, not only dreamed the fantasy, he lived it. That’s Pitta, people, not Antpitta, which is what I foolishly first envisioned, having never birded beyond the Americas.)

Hunters 202

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 202