10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
This story comes from Melissa Gillmer, a zookeeper and wildlife rehabilitator at the Bear Mountain Zoo. The zoo is part of Bear Mountain State Park , a glorious expanse of mountainous land on the west side of the Hudson River in New York. Birds black vultures Ospreys Turkey Vultures wildlife rehabilitators' asked Melissa.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals. Is this moral? Empathy Among Elephants.
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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).
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2013
I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?” Perhaps it would be better to move the tigers to that bigger reserve, or maybe a zoo. I’ll refer you to Charlie’s impassioned essay against game hunting again, and you can see what I’m talking about.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2019
The month of February has produced 838 birds noted by 10 beats who, between them, shared 114 checklists. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2019
If I know the readership at 10,000 Birds, they are already way ahead on this one, but please remember to give the migrants a little space. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. The migrants are coming (Hurray!).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2019
Despite looking way older than his years, we cannot attribute Regannet’s haggard appearance to hard birding, scoring only 19 during eBird’s Big Day was not the greatest effort expended on May 4th. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas.
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