10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

In his book Tales of a Tribe , author Mark Cocker describes an unfortunate event befalling a friend. In his really entertaining book about his Australian Big Year, Sean Dooley describes how British birder Mike Entwhistle sets the Australian Big Year record while doing a birding world tour. It’s just the warm-up.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

When I saw that a book had been published about her, I ordered it even though it’s an oversized art book (some would say coffee table book), a type of book I seldom buy or read. This is NOT an image from the book. And I’m so happy I did. and died 15 August 1841.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

And the book is about much more, ripple effects from what happens when part of a living thing becomes the central ingredient to a highly visual, social, profitable business. I did often wonder while reading the book whether the result equaled the effort. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

For Daurian Redstarts, university campuses can also be crime scenes – one recent paper reports on a Daurian Redstart fledgling being attacked and killed by a magpie on the grounds of Hebei Normal University despite attempts by the female parent to defend the chick. At least as far as the male is concerned.

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