10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Greg Lawrence is a long-time friend of 10,000 Birds and a birding machine in the Rochester, New York, area. When he reached out to ask if he could contribute a piece to 10,000 Birds about about the ethics around the current Snowy Owl irruption in the central and eastern United States we were all for it!

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Ethics Owls New York North America 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

Owls are among the birds with the greatest power to fascinate non-birders, for good and ill. One such person is Scott Rashid, who early in his tome The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study recounts his own first owl sighting at the age of sixteen. Reviews book review Great Horned Owl owls' I don’t know.

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Owls Colorado Wounded Rabbits 182

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. They showed me their wounds! Unfortunately, he didn’t make it,” said Kathryn.”

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? It goes like this: While fishing, the bird tucks its head down and uses its wings to create a shady area.

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2016

Back in October, ON A WING AND A PRAYER was brought an injured Great Horned Owl who had been found on the median of a rural interstate highway several hundred miles away She was a great big female, presumably hit by a vehicle. Luckily, she had no broken bones, but she did have a large open wound on her right wing.

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New Mexico Wounded Owls Mexico 143

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Look in the middle, just over the trees: there’s a big flock of birds up there. The trail wound through the woods, over a footbridge hugging a creek, and along a marsh where cattails swayed in the gusty wind. Birds crows wildlife rehabilitators' Same thing with the photo below. I heard the sound of crows.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Wounded Abandon 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

But eastern Zimbabwe is an almost mythical place and a highly productive birding destination. I have had the privilege of birding Zimbabwe on a handful of occasions. The country is also famous for its regular sightings of that most wanted of birds, the African Pitta. Just be prepared for well…almost anything.

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Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 203