10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina! Adopted as the state bird in 1948 , the Carolina Wren actually superseded another species: the Northern Mockingbird. ” Those lawmakers took bird protection seriously!

South Carolina 176

South Carolina United States Legislation Birds 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Louis Hoppmann III has been charged with animal cruelty after hitting a gull with a baseball bat on the aptly named Folly Beach in South Carolina. He claims he was just trying to scare the birds away from his food, but that sounds like a post-hoc explanation to me… a.

Bats 162

Bats South Carolina Animal Cruelty Killing 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

My spark bird was the Red-tailed Hawk that lives next to Central Park, the one named Pale Male I’ve always been a little embarrassed about this. There have been three books written about Pale Male and 2 movies made about him, and saying that he was the bird that sparked my birding obsession makes me feel like I am living out an urban cliché.

New York 111

New York New York City 2013 Collecting 111