10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This added layer elevates Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery from a book of fun birding and travel adventures to a more complex memoir about the ways in which birding spurs self-reflection, motivates life change, feeds a need for wonder, and creates community. This is a smartly written book.

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Birds Los Angeles Massachusetts New York City 228

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 29, 2012

Photographer Mark Ross has captured some truly beautiful, and touching, photos of animals abandoned at kill shelters. The book, Animal Shelter Portraits , captures just a small glimpse of what our furry friends experience in shelter situations.

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Shelters Animal Kittens Rabbits 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I’m not sure why all the birds scattered at its approach, Frigatebirds are known for stealing the catch of other birds, not for killing elegant, cinnamon-chested Avocets, but scatter they did and only a couple of hundred came back down. This was the High Island Experience, I was told. It was amazing.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Naturalists wrote books–many books, children and artists created murals and sculptures, museum curators exhibited specimens, editorial writers and bloggers alike cried over man’s greediness and heedlessness. Women gathered their long skirts and hurried for the shelter of stores. Children screamed and ran for home.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

One day about 10 years ago, I was in the process of transporting quite a few dogs to a rescue from a high kill shelter. They will have the opportunity find a forever home, experience unconditional love or transition to the Other Side. Following is a telepathic conversation I experienced while transporting dogs to a rescue.

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Rescue Compassion Emotional Suffering 100