10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

As you flip through the pages, you encounter names that every reader of this blog is likely to know, at least in passing: Julie Zickefoose and Bill Thompson III, Charley Harper, Kenn Kaufman. But not, mind you, on any shelf of popular science or ornithological memoir.

Collecting 179

Collecting Science Hunters Parrots 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

I’m not going to rehash that war here, seeing as how it is a bird blog and not one about foreign policy, but it is perhaps appropriate to note the maelstrom of violence that has been pretty much ongoing since the neocons went in to make everything better. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008.

Rhinos 171

Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. I did email Jon Gassett with no problem. I overlooked the date.

2011 254

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Since I was mapping-in human ‘territories’ or home ranges, and trying to figure out how tropical hunter-gatherers found their way around the landscape, the mechanisms of migration were interesting to me. (It In one simple blog post, it is impossible to address even the most basic questions about bird migration.

Research 201

Research Humane Compassion New York 201

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

Birds 130

Birds Iraq China Ireland 130