10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

In fact, early, photographic versions of several chapters appeared in Living Bird and Audubon Magazine (see the above links). I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. I hope that Chapter 8, the chapter on the MBTA, can be excerpted and reprinted in one of our birding magazines.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. Or the destruction of the forests, food source and breeding grounds. Or the absence of legal protection.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. There are 400 whooping cranes left in the wild, 100 of them in the eastern population.

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