10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

In any case: joining the already-packaged food items in my freezer are wild birds who didn’t make it. He then ate a screech owl, a robin, two squirrels, a mourning dove, three chipmunks, and a rabbit. My scheduled rodent pick-up day wasn’t for another two weeks, so I called my friends at the local zoo and begged for help.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 187

Wildlife Rehabilitation Rodents Mice Rats 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

I’m not a big fan of bird banding. When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

Rabbits 230

Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

There are the endemics, which are odd in their own way, and then there introduced species, which are so varied in their type and origin that you get the feeling you’ve arrived at the aftermath of a small zoo that escaped. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. In many ways, that is exactly what happened.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Robert Gallardo is well-known to many readers of 10,000 Birds as an outstanding Neotropical nature guide, author, and manager of La Chorcha Lodge. We are talking about the flora and fauna and in particular the birds, whose sole beauty makes them an easy target for some people. And these are just the direct assaults against birds!

Honduras 185

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

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. Empathy Among Elephants. Jethro and the Bunny.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.

Animal Rights 257

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257