10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success. Of course not!

Michigan 148

Michigan Chile Tennessee North America 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. Quick: what’s this? Nobody needs to eat them.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.

California Condor 106

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 106

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Various bird species continue to be affected by those destructive days of deforestation and the subsequent edge effects but thankfully, protected areas were established before any of the regional or country endemic bird species were gone forever. Hopefully, we can help them in time. … Extinction is forever. What a horror! What a wrong!

Costa Rica 228

Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 228

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some people love books like that. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The population decline is generally blamed on habitat destruction and introduced predators, but inter-breeding may also be to blame. Furthermore the migratory shorebirds that leave our shores to travel to their breeding grounds in the north risk habitat loss on their stopover feeding grounds. … Extinction is forever.

Species 176

Species Australia Birds Parrots 176

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

It is at the breeding season, however, that the Western Gull accomplishes real mischief. While he effects a passable truce with his own kind at that season, it is that he may the better combine with his fellows and terrorize all other breeding sea-birds.” There were a few exceptions of course, a few easily recognised gulls.

Breeding 177

Breeding Collecting California Hunting 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.” Another cavity nesting species that breeds in Lassen Volcanic National Park is the Brown Creeper ( Certhia americana ). Talk about cute!

North America 225

North America America Barn Owls Falcons 225

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Our first stop was Cable Beach to find the Pied Oystercatchers in their territory even though the breeding season is over. I heard some sounds coming from a mangrove bush and we discovered a Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo that appeared to have been raised by a protective Dusky Gerygone.

Ducks 154

Ducks Birds Parrots Australia 154

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically. The visual beauty and textual facts are a strong combination.

Delaware 183

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 183

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Conservation is, of course, very important, but the species accounts already indicate this information. I discovered very much by accident that questions have been raised by British birders about the accuracy of some of the book’s photographs; this is the to-do at Birdfair I referred to in the beginning of the review.

Ireland 150

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

There is a small resident population in Polk County, Florida, in the middle of the peninsula, mostly on protected land, and once in a while they show up in a place where they can be easily observed. It has always been a difficult bird to find, even when abundant. ” [[link].

2018 167

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Written by Mark Avery, Conservation Director for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) for nearly 13 years, this book explores the reasons for the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon from the point of view of the outsider. Or the destruction of the forests, food source and breeding grounds. Nature can be complicated.

2014 161

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India!

Bolivia 181

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 181

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. The full text of the amendment is available here. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40