Remove Books Remove Emotional Remove Investigation Remove Research
article thumbnail

Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

10,000 Birds

Bird of Prey (not to be confused with the upcoming comic book film Birds of Prey ) tells the story of the Philippine Eagle in layers of time and place. A PEC biologist expresses extreme frustration as he investigates a site where a dead eagle has been found. 1980’s Filmstrip, photo by Eric Liner. “Will you shoot an eagle?”

Eagles 203
article thumbnail

The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. 2019), and now this book. The book is structured cinematically. Author Joshua Hammer.

Falcons 200
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

On "Wild Justice"

Animal Person

" Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals ," By Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce, is the most recent (for me) book that debunks myths about the differences between human and nonhuman animals. The scientific investigation of morality, in humans and nonhumans alike, is in its infancy" (39). Tags: Books Ethics Language.

Morals 100
article thumbnail

The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!).