10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2024

In between now and then, I will spend a week and a half in California, in the land where birding may mean walking on paved paths, or even on a wooden boardwalk built through the middle of a salt marsh. But once I get back home to Mexico, I will be climbing hills on livestock trails once again. Going to the gym brings me no joy.

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Birds Livestock Sparrows Mexico 211

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

Columbia has chosen one of the world’s most massive flying species as its national bird: the Andean Condor. Their wingspans stretch to 10 feet (the largest wing area of any bird) , and they weigh over 30 pounds. Like their relatives, the California condors, Andean condors have bald heads.”

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California Condor Livestock Endangered Species Killing 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

The birds were observed crashing into the rocks high in the Andean mountains near a hydroelectric power plant. Other birds were seen crash landing. As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. It is estimated that only a few thousand birds remain in the wild.

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Livestock Chile Colombia Ecuador 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Syngenta’s product “Talon”—evidently inspired by the talons of the natural pest- controlling birds of prey—uses the active ingredient brodifacoum.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 265

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2017

The sun did finally show up, and so did the birds. A consistent source of water is always a great attraction, drawing birds and animals alike. This particular watering hole, is actually a small arm of a manmade reservoir, with great cover along the edges, to allow the birds to approach carefully, and mostly undetected.

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Livestock California Sparrows Birds 100