10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. What birds need is their own SWAT team. Outdoor/feral cat people are bullies who prey on people unable to fight back, just as their cats do with birds. You call the SWAT team. It’s time for this to end.

Feral Cats 259

Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. However, more and more news stories are popping up this year of communities cracking down on bird feeding. How do you know when you are a little too involved with feeding birds?

Bald Eagle 243

Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 243

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Greg Lawrence is a long-time friend of 10,000 Birds and a birding machine in the Rochester, New York, area. He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY.

Ethics 141

Ethics Owls New York North America 141

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. I say they were butchered, face-off. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes.

Elephants 184

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 184

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year. My eyes will be returning to the lonely acacia next to a waterhole, trying to spot a large shadow in the sunset.

Rhinos 173

Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

But then came the biggest obstacle of all… …would Daisy agree to a boat ride that had a bird as its goal? Maybe this Daisy character that I live with and who is mother to Desi is not the mean ol’ bird-hater that I have made her out to be. when the puffin flew past, a bird that the whole family can appreciate.

Washington 170

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 170