article thumbnail

What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation.

Owls 217
article thumbnail

Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding. Memoirs are rare in the birding world.

Emotional 226
article thumbnail

Bird News Roundup: Birds of a feather … well, you know the rest

10,000 Birds

If a blustery, snowy afternoon isn’t custom-made for catching up on bird news, then I don’t know what is. Better to get current on what’s happening with the rest of the bird world. It’s hard out there for a pheasant (in Nepal, that is). International Bird Rescue has more on how to help.). Sorry, couldn’t resist.).

Nepal 159