10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
For now, I present a story of an excellent day''s birding on a visit to Los Angeles last week.]. It was 7:04am when we saw our target bird. Common birds to the southern California birder, wonderful sights to me. Where to bird next? We then needed to make a decision. I was overjoyed.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
If you followed Dorian’s adventures on his Big Year blog, Biking for Birds , you are familiar with many of these stories, but not the major one, the internal journey that was going on inside Dorian’s mind as he pedaled and birded: his history and multi-year struggle with alcoholism and related addictions.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Today’s post is written by Monte Merrick, wildlife rehabilitator and co-director of the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x in Arcata, CA. Less than 2000 grams – more sail, it seems, than bird. After going the through the “red tape” of the international border crossing, the bird was sent by jet to us in LA.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
Thirty percent of the cats killed wild animals, an average of two kills per week. Even though only 12% of the kills were birds, if you extrapolate the data it leads to huge estimates of the numeber of birds killed by free-roaming cats each year.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2012
This post is old news to those who pay attention to what I say on Facebook but I am still pleased as punch to point out that I have finally reached the 500-bird milestone in the American Birding Association area (basically North America north of Mexico). There were, however, several rarities around that would get me to 500 birds.
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 31, 2010
Tracy Reiman Executive Vice President People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Los Angeles, Oct. By carrying out a slaughter system that greatly reduces the suffering of chickens, Bell & Evans and Mary’s Chickens show that animal welfare and good business go hand in hand. McDonald’s, are you listening?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
You know there is probably some evil backstory if Wikipedia talks of a “complex” legacy of Raffles – further detailing that “he was ultimately an imperialist benefiting at the expense of the indigenous peoples” So, I guess this is another bird name that should be changed eventually.
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