10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

I love great bird photography, I truly do. Photos that capture great behaviour, and the incredible beauty of birds. I have a friend in Ontario, who has been excitedly searching for Great Gray Owls during this winter’s irruption. Today she found her owl. And I question whether it is a good thing for the owls.

Owls 186

Owls Mice Tethering Chickens 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Or they called at us from dog teams tethered on the ice, too busy stealing food to have a closer look. Ravens are the only birds I’m guaranteed of seeing this time of year, even if they aren’t the only ones around. Out further, where currents keep the ice at bay the pelagic birds stick around. It was incredible.

Tethering 130

Tethering Game Dogs Owls 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. It was the only bird I could see through the narrow slit in the blind, and so, as a bird-watcher, I watched it. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. It required a bit of an ethical adjustment.

Eagles 170

Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 170