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?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
And if you take this phrase, “stamps in weathered passports,” my interpretation is that the experiences from travel are the “stamps” as sights, sounds, tastes, smells, textures, on your “passport,” or soul. However, I cannot stop thinking about my name written in that book. Products that the herders bartered for.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Aficionados of natural history writing should recognise the author as that of the Song of the Dodo , the popular science book about biogeography and conservation that to me rates as one the finest popular science books ever written. The book is about zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to people.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2024
Anyway, having read far too many books on the Vietnam War in my younger days, there was a certain fascination in starting birding in Vietnam – though I had been in the country more than 20 years ago when the place in some way was much more interesting (i.e., no Starbucks anywhere, no easy cab hire via Grab, no cash machines, etc.).
Animal Person
MAY 6, 2009
The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. Throughout the book, Keith mocks vegetarians and vegans.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career. He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. These are images that are hard to resist, even for birders enthralled with realism.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Much of the book deals with topics vegans have likely pondered, likely frequently. He watched cockfighting and killed and skinned animals, but won’t eat veal.
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