10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2016

Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock ( Yellow-rumped Warbler , ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such a species to you and asking for an ID. Thomas Mayo Brewer was younger than Audubon but less iternant, spending all his life in Boston.

Blackbirds 190

Blackbirds Boston Science Sparrows 190

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School.

New York Times 40

New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2012

Bringing me back to earth was Chet Baker, Boston Terrier, who was very eager to open the box for me. The book has 25 chapters, each one treating a different species of bird. There’s a lot of science in the book, but there’s also magic. I have never pointed a camera at Chet Baker without getting something hilarious.

Raised 223

Raised Boston Rats Experience 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

2011 254

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one. The big white one. It flies on.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243