10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
The first thing I learned was that most animal-plant interaction did not involve mammals, or even birds. We should return to the issue of plant molecules and the good stuff they can do, vis-a-vis birds. Birds use potpourri, and apparently, to good effect. Insects ruled. At one point, for some reason, we had a debate.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2013
She is a lifelong champion of all birds, and a hero and inspiration to me. We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. in Antigo, WI. The phone rang early.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. No, to me the saddest part of this whole situation is that the National Audubon Society has been missing in action for years on what is one of the most crucial conservation challenges facing our native birds, mammals, and herps. Pretty standard.
Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." And for what?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2015
But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. The first injured bird Nadeem and Mohammad ever found was a Black Kite.
10,000 Birds
MAY 29, 2023
Nevertheless, the wryneck is an interesting bird – so interesting that there is a whole book about it which Donna has reviewed for 10,000 Birds. It’s a unique bird, even its scientific name is wonderful …” Recently, I watched a wryneck carrying two snails on its body. Ask ChatGPT, not me.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996).
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